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December 20, 2015

DC police don’t know how long it’ll take to approve concealed carry applications

It has been exactly one month since the city of Washington, D.C., began accepting applications for its new concealed carry permit, and the city does not know how long it will take to process those requests.

December 20, 2015

Ohio 'heartbeat' abortion bill gets panel's OK

A bill that would impose some of the nation's most stringent abortion restrictions cleared an Ohio House committee Thursday after suddenly re-surfacing in the lame duck session.

December 20, 2015

Rural Nebraskans hit with big ObamaCare rate hikes

Allan Douglas has been selling insurance since the 1980s, and as the owner of an independent insurance agency in Omaha he had a front row view of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

December 20, 2015

Ohio House votes to ban powdered alcohol

The Ohio House has passed a measure that would ban crystalline, or powdered alcohol, in the state.

December 20, 2015

Film subsidies trap Maryland taxpayers in ‘House of Cards’

Maryland politicians cast their film incentives program as the only way to lure productions like ‘House of Cards’ and boost the state’s economy.

December 20, 2015

States hurry to fix healthcare exchange websites in new enrollment period

Several states whose health exchange websites failed their first test during last year's inaugural ObamaCare open enrollment period have adopted different approaches for the second round, which began Saturday.

December 20, 2015

Marijuana meddle: UN official rips US states over legal pot policies

A Russian diplomat who heads the United Nations’ drug policy office reportedly chided U.S. states for legalizing recreational marijuana and vowed to take up his concerns with officials in Washington -- in the latest incident of a U.N. official meddling in local U.S. affairs.

December 20, 2015

California city votes to end Sriracha hot sauce dispute

The fiery fight is apparently over between the makers of a popular hot sauce and a small Southern California city that said its factory's smells were unbearable.

December 20, 2015

Chicago mayor pushes plan requiring all gun sales to be videotaped

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced a proposal Wednesday that would require all gun sales in the city to be videotaped, as part of a plan to allow gun stores back in Chicago under very tight restrictions. 

December 20, 2015

National Organization for Marriage sued by Maine over 2009 referendum

Maine's ethics panel on Wednesday fined a national anti-gay marriage group more than $50,000 and ordered it to reveal the donors who backed its efforts to repeal the state's gay marriage law.