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December 20, 2015

States move to stop Tesla's direct sales, as Musk suggests company victim of ‘Mafia’ tactics

A growing number of states are banning automakers from selling directly to consumers, in a move seemingly aimed at curbing electric car company Tesla -- whose CEO Elon Musk is aggressively fighting back.

December 20, 2015

New York Senate rejects 'Dream Act' for illegal immigrant students

The 30-29 vote was short of the 32 votes needed to pass, a rare defeat for a bill on the floor of the Senate. There are 63 seats, two are vacant, and two senators did not vote.

December 20, 2015

Philadelphia school district employees get big salaries despite budget woes

Philadelphia school district employees are pulling in six-figure salaries.

December 20, 2015

Hawaii animal lovers seek ban on eating cats, dogs in state

The House Committee on Agriculture later advanced SB 2026, a bill to ban the practice.

December 20, 2015

Bill allowing Rand Paul to run for Senate, president advances in Kentucky

Republican Senate leaders in Kentucky cheered a bipartisan vote Wednesday that advanced a bill to let Republican Sen. Rand Paul run for president without automatically giving up his Senate seat.

December 20, 2015

Justice Kennedy denies request to block gun magazine law

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has denied an emergency request by the National Rifle Association to block enforcement of a California city ordinance that bans gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets.

December 20, 2015

South Carolina House votes to cut funds for universities over gay-themed books

The South Carolina House approved the cuts to the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina-Upstate as part of their 2014-2015 budget legislation after bids by Democrats to restore the funds failed. 

December 20, 2015

Three Utah bills to change rights of biological fathers in adoption cases encounter pushback

Loopholes in Utah's adoption law have been making it possible for pregnant women to head to the state and put children up for adoption, without consent of the biological fathers.  Now three bills have been introduced during the current session in the state legislature to change things, but there's pushback.

December 20, 2015

Montana ballot measure urging equal number of men, women in Legislature passes first test

A ballot measure in Montana that would require an equal number of men and women to serve in the state Legislature is a step closer to getting on the November ballot.

December 20, 2015

Nebraska to pay $2 million to family of woman after prisoner causes fatal crash

The settlement was tacked onto a budget bill Tuesday as a last-minute amendment to a bill with several state claims.