CA Governor Signs AB 2343 CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs AB 2343 , a bill that gives tenants facing eviction three court days to pay rent after receiving notice and five court days to respond to an eviction lawsuit. The measure further stipulates...
It’s good to be king, but it’s better to be friends of the king. Or at least the king of the commonwealth of Kentucky. As the Louisville Courier Journal reports , Charles Grindle, the state’s chief information officer, received a $215...
Boycotts are all the rage these days. Undies in a knot over Nike featuring former football player Colin Kaepernick in an ad campaign? Set your running shoes on fire and declare a boycott! Bent out of shape at In-and-Out Burger for sending the Cali GOP...
IL Governor Signs SB 2428 ILLINOIS Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signs SB 2428 , which bars Prairie State schools from punishing or publicly humiliating children who cannot pay for a school lunch. The measure further requires schools to provide a lunch to...
Raising funds for civic works isn’t easy in small towns where the tax base is often more limited than seats on the DC Metro at rush hour. One dramatic way for burgs to gain some bucks is to let Corporate America have its way with them. This week’s...
Common sense ought to be enough to convince most people to leave wildlife alone, both for their own safety and that of the critter. But then common sense isn’t always so common. Case in point, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump said repeatedly that the North American Free Trade Agreement - initiated in 1994 with the aim of reducing trade barriers between the United States, Canada and Mexico - has been bad for American companies and...
Supreme Court To Consider Partisan Gerrymandering Case The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a WISCONSIN case in which a three-judge federal appeals panel ruled 2-1 last year that the political district map drawn by that state’s GOP-controlled...
After a couple of court rulings and a rare, random drawing, control of the Virginia House - firmly in Republican hands before the Nov. 7 election but up in the air afterward - appears to have finally been decided in Republicans’ favor. A recount...
NJ Department of Education Issues New Guidelines The NEW JERSEY Department of Education issues new guidance requiring Garden State schools to accept a student’s stated gender identity and to honor that student’s request to not notify their...
Los Angeles City Council Unanimously Approves Statute The LOS ANGELES City Council unanimously approves a statute that makes the City of Angeles the first to require companies that have contracts with the city to disclose under affidavit any contracts...
OK House Approves HB 2591 The OKLAHOMA House approves HB 2591 , which would strip Medicaid eligibility from providers of “services relating to pregnancy or termination of pregnancy” who do not report evidence of the rape of a minor. It...
UT Governor Signs SB 96 UTAH Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signs SB 96 , which implements only a partial expansion of Medicaid, a lesser expansion than what voters endorsed via ballot measure in Nov. 2018. See Governors in this issue for more details (SALT...
Social Policy In VA The VIRGINIA Supreme Court rules that a gay couple can be legally considered to have “a relationship analogous to marriage,” and if they’ve been together for a year, a person paying spousal support to one of those...
Love them or hate them – and there is no real in-between – the New England Patriots are the rulers of the professional football world. And no amount of teeth gnashing over their incessant cheating and bending of rules – sorry, alleged...
The NORTH DAKOTA House Human Services Committee rejects HB 1430, a bill that would have legalized the medicinal use of marijuana in the Flickertail State (GRAND FORKS HERALD). * The GEORGIA Senate approves SB 51, a bill that creates rules for pharmacists...
MI Senate Approves Seven-Bill Package The MICHIGAN Senate approves a seven-bill package that would, among several things, require all school districts to develop an emergency operations plan and consult with law enforcement before the construction...
RECOUNTS LIKELY IN AT LEAST TWO VA HOUSE RACES With control of the VIRGINIA House of Delegates hanging in the balance, Democrats in the state have filed for recounts in two close November House races: in the 40th District, where Del. Tim Hugo (R) defeated...
FL REPUBLICANS SEEK TO MAKE IT HARDER TO RAISE TAXES: On a party-line vote, FLORIDA’s GOP-led House Ways & Means Committee approved a proposal that would ask voters next year to pass a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds supermajority...
Saying “We’re not going to be able to just arrest our way out of this problem,” Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) announced the Hoosier State would add five new opioid abuse treatment centers and begin covering the use of methadone to treat...
MA Senate Approves HB 4539 The MASSACHUSETTS Senate approves HB 4539 , so-called “red flag” legislation that would allow the temporary removal of firearms from people considered a danger to themselves or others. The measure returns to the...
NJ Governor Signs AB 1414 NEW JERSEY Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver (D) signs AB 1414 , a bill that mandates the state Board of Education include financial literacy instruction in the curriculum for sixth- through eighth-grade students in public schools across...
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a U.S. District judge’s ruling in 2012 upholding Montana’s limits on campaign contributions. The 9th panel ruled that the standard U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell...
Opponents of Internet gambling in the U.S. Congress have tried to ban it for years without success. But legislation currently being floated on the Hill would initiate a two-year study on Internet gambling - and ban states from legalizing it for at least...
Online Voter Registration Comes to WV WEST VIRGINIA residents are now able to register to vote online through the Secretary of State’s website. The only identification required is a valid West Virginia driver’s license or an ID card issued...