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NC lawmakers push socially conservative bills
Socially conservative issues ranging from abortion to the application of Islamic Sharia law were debated in the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday ahead of a critical deadline to keep bills alive this session. Bills that don't require tax changes or spending and fail to clear at least one chamber ...
House OKs blocking some obesity lawsuits
Legislation that attempts to prevent people from suing North Carolina food manufacturers, sellers and advertisers by claiming their products made them overweight has passed one General Assembly chamber. A majority in the House voted Wednesday night for legislation that would bar civil actions against food producers and marketers on claims ...
NC House abortion bill gets initial approval
A bill broadening restrictions on abortion through the federal health care law and so-called conscience protections has gained initial approval from the North Carolina House. The bill tentatively approved Wednesday outlaws health care plans that include abortion services from future online marketplaces of private plans offered under the federal Affordable ...
NC House OKs insurance mandate to cover autism
The state House wants to require North Carolina health insurance providers — including the plan for state employees and teachers — to cover the diagnosis and treatment of autism for children of their members. The chamber voted by a wide margin for the final bill Wednesday night that applies to ...
Senate panel approves bill to create national ID
Louisiana driver's licenses would be used to comply with federal law requiring each state to create a national identification card for air travel, including domestic flights, under a proposal inserted Wednesday into a House bill by the Senate Transportation Committee. Senators added that language into a separate measure by Rep. ...
Jail treatment possible for mentally ill suspects
Criminal suspects suffering from mental illness could stay in jail until they are competent to stand trial under a proposal in the Texas Legislature. In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, the Texas House Committee on Corrections approved a jail-based pilot program for restoring a person's ability to strand trial. The ...
Legal challenges begin against ND abortion laws
Abortion rights activists on Wednesday filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in the country for women to terminate their pregnancies. The state's lone abortion clinic, backed by the New ...
Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor's race
Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor's race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge ...
Ohio bill would fix errors in sports safety law
State lawmakers moved Wednesday to correct a new state law that inadvertently allows coaches and referees in youth sports leagues to be criminally prosecuted for violating rules regarding players' head injuries. The House voted unanimously Wednesday to fix the error in the law. The Senate passed an earlier version of ...
Wis. budget committee OKs elk importation
The Legislature's finance committee has approved a plan in Gov. Scott Walker's budget that would relax Wisconsin's chronic wasting disease testing protocols and allow elk importation. The Department of Natural Resources wants to bring more elk into the state in hopes of launching a hunt. But state officials have outlawed ...
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