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May 13, 2016

More than 400 homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy auctioned off

Matt Price and his wife, Carla, are gambling that the devastation inflicted by Superstorm Sandy will be their key to the American dream of home ownership.

May 9, 2016

California Assembly passes gender-neutral restrooms bill

California lawmakers passed a proposal Monday that would require all single-person public restrooms to be gender neutral, hours after North Carolina's governor sued the federal government to defend that state's law requiring transgender people to use the restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate.

May 3, 2016

Georgia governor vetoes 'campus-carry' concealed gun bill

Georgia's Republican governor vetoed a bill Tuesday allowing concealed handguns on college campuses, rejecting the proposal that a legislature controlled by his own party had easily approved in an election year.

May 2, 2016

Child vaccine mandate, minimum wage hikes and more taking effect in new year

New sex ed and child vaccine mandates, higher minimum wages and relaxed pot penalties are among the new state and local laws sweeping into effect next week when the new year arrives.

May 2, 2016

Special districts -- with power to tax -- grow like weeds in Texas

When former Texas Comptroller Susan Combs issued a report in 2012 on special purpose districts — largely invisible layers of government with the power to charge property and sales taxes — there were 1,675 of the suckers.

May 2, 2016

Cyberattack Surge: 100M medical records hacked in 2015, officials say

A string of cyberattacks sent shockwaves through the health care industry in 2015, exposing sensitive data of millions of Americans and serving up the chilling reminder that providers need to step up their security game.

May 2, 2016

Kentucky gov removes names of county clerks from marriage licenses

Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin ordered the state to prepare new marriage licenses that do not include the names of county clerks in an attempt to protect the religious beliefs of clerk Kim Davis and other local elected officials.

May 2, 2016

Texas lawmakers suggest Syrian refugees should take lie-detector test

Some Texas lawmakers suggested Tuesday that Syrian refugees take lie-detector tests to weed out potential extremists as state leaders defended suing the U.S. government in so far unsuccessful efforts to keep families fleeing the war-torn country out of the state.

May 2, 2016

Texas sues feds over plans to resettle Syrian refugees

Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the federal government in an effort to block six Syrian refugees from resettling in Dallas this week.

May 2, 2016

Legislative ban in Minnesota putting brakes on move to enhance license security

Minnesota legislators continue to feel the pressure to get REAL I.D. REAL I.D. is a federal program, post 9/11, requiring states to issue drivers licenses with enhanced security features.