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Legislation January 12, 2017

Gaming laws could pose risk for fantasy football craze

The trash talk around the water cooler is already underway as hordes of fantasy football players get ready to draft their teams. The NFL has even gotten into the act with a web site for stats and strategies. 

States Rights January 12, 2017

Gun-rights group persuading dozens of towns to repeal firearms regs in legal blitz

A Washington state-based gun rights group is steadily persuading cities and towns across the country to repeal local firearms regulations and give that power back to the states.

Legislation January 12, 2017

Thousands of rape kits left untested despite federal pledge, critics blame DOJ

An untold number of rape cases -- by some estimates, in the hundreds of thousands -- remain unsolved because the rape kits used to collect critical evidence sit untested and gathering dust in police departments across America, despite $1 billion in taxpayer money approved to clear the massive backlog.

Legislation January 12, 2017

States move to pre-approve groceries that can be bought with food stamps

In the long-running campaign by Republican-led states to rein in food stamp abuses and curb the now-$74 billion program, lawmakers are trying a new approach: Restricting what foods can and can't be on a family's grocery list.

States Rights January 12, 2017

First state to approve conjugal visits prepares to end program, citing costs

Starting next month, prisoners in Mississippi will no longer be legally allowed to get busy behind bars.

Legislation January 12, 2017

'Columbo' daughter pushes for bill that protects the right to visit sick parents

It's the quirky Christmases Catherine Falk remembers the most. "To us, he wasn't 'Columbo.' He was dad," she told FoxNews.com of her famous father Peter Falk. 

States Rights January 12, 2017

Unions on edge as Arizona lawmakers weigh major expansion of education overhaul

Lawmakers in Arizona are poised to expand a controversial education program that allows parents to use state funds to pay for alternative schooling for their children -- a move teacher groups and unions say would decimate the public education system.

States Rights January 12, 2017

States push to regulate, tax booming e-cigarette industry

While waiting for the debate on electronic cigarettes to heat up on Capitol Hill, several state and local governments are pressing ahead with their own agendas for taxing and regulating the popular battery-powered smoking alternatives.

States Rights January 12, 2017

Dems push for minimum wage increase for tipped workers -- but will it backfire?

Hourly workers who rely on tips for a living are turning to the states in a bid to boost their base pay, as the minimum wage debate stalls in Congress -- though business groups warn the move could backfire.

States Rights January 12, 2017

Policing for Profit? Lawmakers, advocates raise alarm at growing gov’t power to seize property

Massachusetts motel owner Russell Caswell wasn’t expecting to find himself at the center of a national controversy when federal authorities came knocking on his door. They said they wanted his business –and the land it was on- and said they could take it legally if they wanted to through a practice known as civil forfeiture. Caswell said no.

States Rights January 12, 2017

States target meth labs with name-and-shame strategy

As states struggle to clamp down on a growing meth epidemic, they're turning to a tactic commonly used to target sex offenders: name and shame.