Not too long ago state judicial races, even for state Supreme Court seats, didn’t draw a lot of attention from voters. But that has changed with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings having opened the floodgates for unlimited campaign spending and special...
KS GOP Urges Public to Lobby Supreme Court on School Funding The KANSAS House Republican Campaign Committee has taken out billboard-style ads urging citizens to call the state Supreme Court and urge it not to close the state’s schools. The court...
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) wasted no time last week rejecting a plea from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to declare a state of emergency over the Golden State’s rapidly growing homelessness problem. The Board voted unanimously...
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) unveiled a proposal last Wednesday seeking to renegotiate the Bay State’s soon-to-expire Medicaid waiver with the federal government. The proposal, which seeks to extend the current waiver for five years, beginning...
MASSACHUSETTS Gov. Charlie Baker (R) was a busy man last week. In addition to unveiling his Medicaid waiver proposal, he nominated three judges to fill impending vacancies on the Bay State’s Supreme Judicial Court. Baker’s picks - Superior...
Gov. Cuomo, Lawmakers Reach Cancer Screening Deal NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and lawmakers reached a deal before the end of session last week to expand access to breast cancer screening by ordering Empire State hospitals to expand hours when mammograms...
CO Gov Signs HB 1404 COLORADO Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signs HB 1404 , which requires large daily fantasy sports operators to be licensed by the state, with smaller operators required only to register with state officials. The bill’s other...
CO Gov Signs HB 1260 COLORADO Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signs HB 1260 , which doubles the statute of limitations on sexual assault to 20 years (DENVER POST). LA Gov Signs SB 324 LOUISIANA Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signs SB 324 , which requires...
VT Gov Vetoes THEN signs SB 260 VERMONT Gov. Pete Shumlin (D) first vetoes and then signs SB 260 , which calls for local municipalities to receive “substantial deference” when the siting of wind energy projects go before the state Public...
CO Gov Signs HB 1423 COLORADO Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signs HB 1423 , which bars software vendors from selling student-specific data or from using that data to create individual student profiles or for targeted advertising. Vendors will also be...
NJ Assemble Approves AB 457 The NEW JERSEY Assembly approves AB 457 , which would add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments eligible to be treated with marijuana. It moves to the Senate (NORTHJERSEY.COM). CO Gov Signs HB 1436 ...
CO Gov Signs HB 1391 COLORADO Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signs HB 1391 , a bill that makes it a deceptive trade practice for a person to provide or offer to provide legal services in an immigration matter if he or she is not a licensed attorney or...
CO Gov Signs SB 150 COLORADO Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signs SB 150 , which amends state law to allow couples in a civil union to marry each other without having to first dissolve the civil union (PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN).
SC Gov Vetoes HB 3440 SOUTH CAROLINA Gov. Nikki Haley (R) vetoes HB 3440 , which would have required moped drivers younger than 21 to wear helmets and all moped drivers wear reflective vests at night (STATE [COLUMBIA]). PA Gov Signs SB 1132 PENNSYLVANIA...
We should be careful what we wish for. And perhaps we should also be careful what we’re willing to risk to make a good soundbite. As the Sacramento Bee reports , California political consultant Paul Mitchell was so sure that the Golden State’s...
Okay, now it’s just getting downright embarrassing for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. We’ve chronicled the general downfall of the once-prominent Garden State gov a lot of late, but this is too much. As the New Yorker reports , the gov who...
Kevin Durant of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder is set to become a free agent soon. As one of the league’s best players, he is for sure gonna cash in big time. But while teams in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago or Dallas might be able to offer...
It was just another committee meeting at the California Capitol. Or was it? As the Sacramento Bee reports , a recent joint hearing before a combination of three legislative hearings was supposed to be broadcast live on the California Channel, the same...
Last Sunday, Omar Mateen entered Pulse nightclub just after 2 A.M. Minutes later Pulse posted an ominous status on Facebook: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.” Three hours later, before the sun even rose, media outlets across the...
Like our own universe, the universe of content—books, magazines and newspapers—is expanding. More than 300,000 books are published in the U.S. annually. And on any given day, major U.S. newspapers like The Washington Post , The New York Times...
Two years ago, Emma Watson—or Hermione Granger for Harry Potter fans—took the stage as the United Nations’ Women Goodwill Ambassador to speak about gender equality and the UN’s “HeforShe” campaign . While the pace of...
Which is the more popular holiday: Mother’s Day or Father’s Day? The answer that we uncovered may surprise you. According to media monitoring and news analysis using LexisNexis Newsdesk™, approximately 328,000 stories were filed about...
The UK is to leave the European Union, after 51.9% of voters backed a Brexit in yesterday’s vote (23 June). Prime Minister David Cameron has already announced that he will hand over leadership by October. Leaders in every sector are now being forced...
Guest Written by: Ashley Mitchell Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that Presidential-hopeful Donald Trump boasts a litigious past and present. He once sued—unsuccessfully—Julius and Edmond Trump to prevent them from using...
Most agree that the UK Bribery Act (UKBA) is one of the strictest pieces of anti-bribery legislation in the world. The UKBA applies to both UK companies operating abroad and for overseas companies with a presence in the UK. Get our complimentary white...