State Law

CA Supreme Court Upholds LA Law Protecting Grocery Workers

latimes.com | Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.18.2011

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Reporting from San Francisco— Laws passed by California cities to protect labor when businesses change hands received a boost Monday from the Califo...

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States Mull Bets On Online Gambling

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cash-starved states may roll the dice on online gambling. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have made New Jer...

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Scavenging for Organs: Why the Donor Famine Justifies A Radical Harvest

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob M. Appel

18 Americans die every day while waiting for an organ transplant, yet the American political establishment has been unwilling to champion non-traditional methods of expanding the organ supply.

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Bobby Jindal Is a Phony as Well as a Lousy Speaker

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandy Goodman

Jindal would rather cheat the poorest unemployed workers in his state of an extra few dollars than cause its businessmen, his bigtime buddies, to pay a little extra in unemployment taxes.

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