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New York Moves To Tighten Drunk Driving Laws

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

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

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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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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State Lawmakers Move To Ban Health Insurance Mandates

The New York Times | Monica Davey | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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 12.18.2008 | Politics

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

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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