December 20, 2015 Kan. anti-gay marriage bill dead, senator says An anti-gay marriage proposal that roiled Kansas politics is dead, the chairman of a state Senate committee assigned to review it said Tuesday.
December 20, 2015 Government inaction: Nebraska lawmakers stymied by filibusters While Nebraskans love their unique, one-house, nonpartisan Legislature, it has its downsides, such as its propensity to launch filibusters for less-than-earth-shattering causes.
December 20, 2015 Wisconsin union group shows hypocrisy with SEIU-influenced living wage bill State Rep. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield's bill AB 750 would negate certain local living wage ordinances.Â
December 20, 2015 Arizona lawmakers advance $30M 'virtual fence' proposal for US-Mexico border The plan would place high-technology radar and video sensors on 300 towers along 350 miles of the border to monitor human and drug-smuggling activity.Â
December 20, 2015 Indiana Senate approves limited ban on gay marriage The Senate's vote followed roughly an hour of debate in public and close to three hours of debate in private among the Senate's Republicans.Â
December 20, 2015 Chelsea Clinton says more work to be done on gay rights despite progress Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Sunday that the gay-rights cause made "incredible progress" on political and legal fronts in 2013, but progress should not be mistaken for success.
December 20, 2015 GOP challengers see opportunity in California water crisis Two Republican challengers to incumbent California Gov. Jerry Brown say that the state's government failed to properly prepare for what they call a forseeable drought crisis.Â
December 20, 2015 Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory reject United Auto Workers union Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted against union representation in a devastating defeat for the United Auto Workers union's effort to make inroads in the South.Â
December 20, 2015 Florida's Crist takes heat for more flip flops in Dem run for governor Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist is taking heat for his call to lift the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba -- the latest episode in which Democrats and Republicans have attacked him for flip-flopping on everything from policy to his choice of political party.
December 20, 2015 States, colleges step up efforts to end sex assaults on campus amid pressure from Obama States and colleges are trying to learn more about the extent of sexual assaults on campuses, following a renewed White House call to end such violence that argues one in five women have been victims of attacks.