Megan Burnside
Why World Press Freedom Day Matters

UNESCO , the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has designated May 3 World Press Freedom Day . The date coincides with the 250 th anniversary of the world’s first freedom of information law. In an age where information...

Mary Peck
Congress Considering Preemptive Drone Regulation

Although the airspace over the United States is, by act of Congress, the exclusive regulatory domain of the Federal Aviation Administration, states have been very active in recent years on the issue of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), more commonly known...

Mary Peck
Drone Laws Passed In Over Half of States In Last Few Years

Since 2013, 27 states have enacted laws addressing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The laws generally define what UAS or drones are and specify how they can be used by law enforcement...

Mary Peck
Potential Online Sales Tax Test Case in SD

After decades of losing sales tax revenue to online and catalog retailers located outside their borders and years of trying to get Congress to do something about it, states may finally get federal action on the issue - from the U.S. Supreme Court. ...

Mary Peck
Internet Poker Bill Advances in CA

On a bipartisan, 19-0 vote last week, the California Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee approved a bill sponsored by that committee’s chairman, Assemblyman Adam Gray (D), that would legalize Internet poker in the state. In...