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December 20, 2015

Rural New Mexico county fights feds over water rights

Decades in the making, the dispute in Otero County centers on whether the Forest Service has the authority to keep ranchers from accessing Agua Chiquita, which means Little Water in Spanish. 

December 20, 2015

Ark. High Court suspends judge's order striking down all gay marriage bans

The state Supreme Court on Friday granted a request to suspend Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza's decision voiding a 2004 constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

December 20, 2015

Oops: Madison owes the IRS $580,000 in back taxes

The federal tax code is so complicated even the City of Madison has trouble deciphering it.

December 20, 2015

Watch out, Bambi: NM hunters can still use drones — for now

Look out, Bambi. You’re still in danger from drones in New Mexico.

December 20, 2015

Union leaders under fire for unregistered lobbying

Wendell Young IV spent plenty of time last year trying to convince lawmakers that privatizing Pennsylvania’s liquor stores wasn’t the correct move, yet the president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 wasn’t registered as a lobbyist with the Department of State.

December 20, 2015

Judge strikes all Arkansas bans on gay marriage

An Arkansas judge has struck down all state laws preventing gay couples from marrying, expanding on his order finding such bans unconstitutional.

December 20, 2015

Missouri lawmakers approve 72-hour waiting period before abortions

Missouri's Republican-controlled Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to legislation requiring a woman to wait three days after first seeing a doctor before having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has not said whether he will sign or veto it.

December 20, 2015

Wis. campaign finance law restricting issue ads is unconstitutional, court rules

The decision sides with Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. and its state political action committee, which sued to block the enforcement of multiple state statutes and rules against groups that spend money for political speech independently of candidates and parties ¬ so called issue advocacy groups.

December 20, 2015

Ark. high court won't stay gay marriage ruling

The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected the state attorney general's request for a stay of a judge's ruling that overturned Arkansas' constitutional ban on gay marriage.

December 20, 2015

Sriracha exec says US starting to remind him of communist Vietnam

A popular hot sauce maker in a battle with government officials in California says the U.S. reminds him of communist Vietnam, a country he and his family fled over 30 years ago.