Politicians are often accused of turning a blind eye to the needs of their constituents. But not so for Utah Gov. Gary Herbert. As the Deseret News reports , Herbert attended an event last week to celebrate the merger of the State Office of Rehabilitation...
Tesla Motors is understandably proud of the advancements they have pioneered in electric car technology. But some California regulators and consumer advocates say the company is playing a bit fast and loose with the name it has given its new self-driving...
I admit I have never seen a single episode of ‘Gilmore Girls,’ the popular TV show that went off the air several years ago. But since everything old becomes new again – at least in Hollywood – the show is coming back soon, and...
Politics has of late played an outsized role in whether or not a lot of folks have health insurance. But now it appears that our political affiliations could also determine the level of care we get from our doctor. As the Los Angeles Times reports, a...
"I'll leave it to chance," said no PR professional ever. But, do all PR professionals have a fast and effective way to stay atop of media buzz? Last September, we brought together three media intelligence experts to share best practices...
Around the same time that Pokémon Go players started pursuing Pikachus and tracking Tentacruels across the AR world, LexisNexis was augmenting its Web News collection with 3,700 website and blog sources covering Asia and the Middle East to help...
In addition to state legislative elections that could flip party control of 18 chambers across the country, 157 statewide ballot measures will also be contested in 35 states on Nov. 8. The measures include an unusually high number of citizen initiatives...
Left-leaning issues are among the most common subjects for state ballot measures this year. Voters in five states will consider whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use, and voters in four states will weigh medical marijuana measures. Four states’...
This month New Jersey’s Democrat-led General Assembly passed, and Republican Gov. Chris Christie pledged to sign, legislation increasing the state’s 14.5 cents-per-gallon gas tax - the second lowest rate in the country and one that hasn’t...
Four years ago, with the state in the middle of a protracted budget crisis and Gov. Jerry Brown (D) warning of deep budget cuts, California voters approved Proposition 30, temporarily raising income taxes on the state’s highest earners. The 1 percent...
Changes Coming to NC Lottery Lottery officials and state lawmakers in NORTH CAROLINA said last week they are considering changes including making reselling tickets a crime. The news comes after an investigation by The Charlotte Observer revealed that...
On Nov. 8, voters in Grafton and Windham, Vermont will consider whether to approve a wind project that would install two dozen 500-foot-tall turbines capable of generating enough power to light 42,000 homes for a year on a tract of private forestland...
A federal judge who has been weighing a challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID law harshly criticized state officials at a hearing last week for failing to provide DMV workers adequate training about the proper procedures for obtaining alternative voting...
Effort to Reverse Gun Control Laws Fails in CA An effort to qualify referendums for the November 2018 ballot on six gun control laws passed in CALIFORNIA this year has failed. Organizers only managed to collect an average of about 166,000 signatures...
Calling impending health insurance price hikes “a very serious problem,” Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) said reforming the six-year-old healthcare system must be a priority for state and federal lawmakers in 2017. Dayton’s comments in...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) issued an executive order ( EO 16-09 ) earlier this month directing state agencies to devise a broad plan to combat opioid abuse in the Evergreen State. The order directs state agencies, tribal governments and private partners...
Baker Starts MA Justice Selection Process MASSACHUSETTS Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced last Tuesday that the 12-member state Supreme Judicial Court Nominating Commission will start screening applicants to replace soon-retiring Justices Margot Botsford...
Business In The U.S. A federal appeals court rules that the structure of the U.S. agency charged with guarding consumers’ finances is unconstitutional. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit determined...
Crime In Oregon The OREGON Supreme Court rules that the practice of Beaver State police and postal authorities conducting warrantless searches of mail they suspect of containing illegal drugs is unconstitutional (EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD).
Health In Virginia In an effort to combat an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses, VIRGINIA Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) announces the Old Dominion will distribute about 50,000 drug disposal kits statewide to help residents safely do...
Social Policy in Arizona The ARIZONA Court of Appeals rules that the same-sex spouse of a gay woman who has given birth is entitled to the same parental presumptions and rights as if she were a man. Justices rejected the arguments by the biological...
is not gold, we know this to be true. Except when it comes to the shiny new dome of the New Hampshire State House in Concord. As the New Hampshire Union Leader reports, the finishing touches are just about done on the years-long renovation of the almost...
Clowns abound and they are scaring the living holy heck out of everyone. No, I am not speaking of the impending presidential election but of the spate of actual humans dressed up in clown garb who have been terrorizing folks across the country for the...
And finally...I’ve met a lot of political animals over the last two decades, from Congress to statehouses all the country. Without question my favorite of them all is a dog: California Gov. Jerry Brown’s Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Sutter. Originally...
This post was guest written by Courtney Resnicky, a senior at Wright State University. The battle between who is telling the truth, who is twisting the truth, and who is flat out lying during this Presidential election seems to have become more...