December 20, 2015 W.Va. House passes bill banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy The House passed the measure 79-17 on Tuesday, it now moves to the Senate.
December 20, 2015 Bid to overturn transgender student law in California fails to make ballot The secretary of state announced Monday that backers of the proposed measure didn't gather enough voter signatures to qualify it for the upcoming election.Â
December 20, 2015 Democratic and GOP governors face off in Washington over minimum wage hike President Obama and fellow Democrats are trying to use the annual Washington meeting of governors to rally support for increasing the federal minimum wage, as their Republican counterparts argue the idea is a jobs killer.
December 20, 2015 Maryland Democrats resistant to helping students get tax break on textbooks A Maryland Republican lawmaker is trying to get his state to join others across the country in making college textbooks tax free. But he’s having trouble getting the Democrat-controlled Assembly to even vote on the measure.
December 20, 2015 Alabama bill would repeal Common Core curriculum standards Alabama is one of 45 states to adopt the standards that were developed by the National Governors' Association and tied to federal Race to the Top grants by the Obama administration.
December 20, 2015 Florida bill would protect gun owners from insurance discrimination Legislation sponsored by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, offers gun owners the same protections afforded to those who suffer more widely recognized discriminatory abuses.
December 20, 2015 Ariz. Senate repeals 2013 election law The Arizona Senate has voted to repeal a sweeping 2013 Arizona election law that included trimming the state's permanent early voting list and a host of other provisions that incensed voter-rights advocates.
December 20, 2015 Religious freedom bill riles gay rights supporters in Arizona A bill providing such protections was on the brink of passing the GOP-dominated Arizona House on Thursday, a day after a similar measure cleared the Senate.
December 20, 2015 Chubby kids, Medicaid cuts have Illinois lawmakers eyeing soda tax In Illinois it’s called everything from pop to soda to sodi, but the state’s Democrats are now calling soda pop a money maker.
December 20, 2015 Alabama proposal would ban abortion after fetal heartbeat detected Alabama is the latest state to consider tough restrictions, as abortion opponents seek to make a dent in the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion.Â