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Universal coverage, Medicare for all, single payer — call it what you will. It's clear that conservative forces are determined to prevent such a system from ever being introduced at the national level. So it's up to the states. The catch is ...
May 25, 2012 at 07:28 | Source: Los Angeles Times
SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that would allow people to record the public activities of police officers has stalled, because the sponsoring senator opposes the House’s changes to the measure. Sen. Michael Noland won’t call a vote for the so-called ...
May 26, 2012 at 02:19 | Source: Chicago Sun-Times
This amendment would, were it approved (which it won't be, so don't worry), require New York-based websites to remove comments posted by anonymous users, unless said users agree to attach their names to said comments. And this isn't some wishy-washy ...
May 24, 2012 at 19:39 | Source: PC World
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Bus rides for some Missouri students could get shorter under legislation pending before Gov. Jay Nixon. The legislation would allow students in a few communities to enroll in a nearby district if they live at least 17 ...
May 26, 2012 at 20:34 | Source: KYTV
Did you hear the one about New York state lawmakers who forgot about the First Amendment in the name of combating cyberbullying and “baseless political attacks?" Proposed legislation in both chambers would require New York-based websites, such as blogs a ...
May 22, 2012 at 21:22 | Source: Ars Technica
Legislation to create and empower the new tourism board has been tabled in the House of Assembly. Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert said members of the recently established board recommended that it receive statutory powers, and the Tourism Board ...
May 26, 2012 at 11:09 | Source: the Royal Gazette
At the NCTA convention on Monday, a group of Congressional staffers acknowledged that new efforts to combat theft of intellectual piracy may face tougher challenges as a result of the decision. BOSTON -- The failure of the Protect IP and SOPA legislation ...
May 21, 2012 at 22:56 | Source: Hollywood Reporter
BILLINGS, Mont.  — Western lawmakers are seeking to elevate the plains bison to a status similar to that of the iconic bald eagle with legislation to declare the burly animal America's "national mammal." Bison advocates launched a "vote bison'' public ...
May 25, 2012 at 18:05 | Source: Bismarck Tribune
Thirty-seven states plus the District of Columbia have passed concussion legislation for youth athletes, often referred to as the Lystedt Law. Here are the states that have not. Part I examined the passage of the first Lystedt Law three years ...
May 22, 2012 at 16:50 | Source: FOXSports.com
Missouri lawmakers have approved legislation designed to help college students seeking to transfer between schools. The legislation would require that public colleges and universities designate 25 lower-level courses for which students can receive credit ...
May 17, 2012 at 05:00 | Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch