State Laws

On Mother's Day: Expecting Better for All Mothers and Working Families

Debra L. Ness | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Mother's Day, Paid Sick Days, Paid Leave, State Laws, Working Mothers, Nursing Mothers, Working Parents, New Parents, Work and Family, Workers' Rights, Parents News

The sad truth is that millions of working mothers in this country find themselves without the support they need to care for their families and hold onto their jobs.

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Redefining Sexual Assault

North by Northwestern | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Northwestern University, Sexual Assault, College, State Laws, College Students, Rape Laws, Rape, College News

As part of the campus dialogue on sexual assault during Northwestern's Take Back the Night campaign, we take a look at the ways in which sexual assault is an issue in terms of policies and politics.

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The Murky, Murky World of Booster Seat Laws

Jeanne Ponessa Fratello | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: State Laws, Carseat-Kids, Booster Seats, Child Safety, Booster Seat Laws, Car Seat Laws, California Booster Seat Law, Child Booster Seat Laws, Parents News

Are kids safer in a booster seat? Yes. Will new laws help more kids use booster seats for a longer time? Maybe, but it will take more than the current mishmash of confusing and inaccurate information.

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AZ Asks High Court to Weigh In on SB1070 -- Highlights Real Need For Congressional Reform

Kristian Ramos | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: States Rights, Alabama, Immigration, Fox News, Georgia, Dan Stein, State Laws, Latino Voices News

Once the federal government passes a comprehensive immigration policy overhaul, the plethora of state laws will become obsolete. In the meantime, states are only damaging themselves.

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Progressives Begin Turning the Tide at 2011 National Legislative Summit

Tim Judson | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Labor, Social Security, Budget Cuts, Financial Reform, AT&T, State Legislators, State Laws, Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Unions, State Legislatures, Politics News

The primary story that emerged from this year's NCSL summit was one of common sense prevailing over the economically disastrous and socially divisive proposals that have received so much of the spotlight in the states this year.

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Reporting a Murder Trial, 140 Characters at a Time

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Top Tweets of the Week, Murder, Social Media, Alaska, Federal Law, Anchorage, State Laws, Twitter, Technology, Cold Case, Bonnie Craig, Tweets, Investigation, Ktva, Technology News

You don't have to be at the Bonnie Craig murder trial--the dramatic cold case--nor do you have to wait until the story airs on the evening news or a reporter files a story online, or even for someone to drop a newspaper at your door, to get all the details from the courtroom proceedings.

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Doctor Shortage? 28 States May Expand Nurse Practitioners' Role

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ratio, Nurse Practitioners, Ama, Physicians, Federal Law, Nurses, Midwives, Primary Care, Hospitals, State Laws, Doctors, Massachusetts, Shortage, Health Care, Home News

CHICAGO — A nurse may soon be your doctor. With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of...

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Regulate Nonbank Financial Institutions, Say Consumer Groups

Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- While much of the Congressional debate over consumer financial protection has focused on banks, lawmakers have been grappling behind the...

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States Consider Ban On Public Release Of 911 Calls

AP | DESIREE HUNTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, First Responders, Spj, Wisconsin, Public Record, 911, Ohio, State Laws, 911 Recordings, Emergency Response, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Emergency Calls, Journalism, Public Records, Quality, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Rescue, Missouri, 911 Phone Calls, Politics News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Linda Casey dialed 911 and screamed, "Oh, God!" over and over again into the phone after finding her daughter beaten to death...

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New Medical Marijuana Policy: Obama Administration Will Not Seek Arrests For People Following State Laws

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pain, White House, Marijuana, Marijuana Policy Project, Orgeon, Doj, Eric Holder, Decriminalization, Nevada, Marijuana Laws, Obama, War on Drugs, Patients, New Mexico, Colorado, Prescriptions, California, Suppliers, Washington State, State Laws, Weed, Michigan, Medicine, Maryland, Montana, Users, Medical Marijuana, Vermont, Rhode Island, Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Agency, Maine, New Medical Marijuana Policy, Health, Hawaii, US Attorneys, Alaska, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under...

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New York Takes Strict Stand On Drunk Driving

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drunk Driving, State Laws, Children, New York, Alcohol, Leandra's Law, New York News

New York State would make it a felony to drive while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle and would require first-time convicted drunken drivers to...

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State Lawmakers Move To Ban Health Insurance Mandates

The New York Times | Monica Davey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State-Constitution-Amendments, American Legislative Exchange Council, Mandates, Health Care Reform, State-Laws, Health Care, Mandate, State Legislature, Politics News

ST. PAUL -- In more than a dozen statehouses across the country, a small but growing group of lawmakers is pressing for state constitutional amendment...

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A Win for Democracy

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Proposition 11; Redistricting; Gerrymandering, State Laws, Prop 11, California, Politics News

Not allowing self-interested politicians to draw their own districts' lines is a no-brainer, but initiatives like Prop. 11 have failed again and again in recent years.

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