Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) wants his state to become the first to levy an extra tax on sugary drinks and sodas. In a budget proposal rolled out Wednesday, Lamont asked legislators to impose a new 1.5 cents per ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The tax would generate about $163 million in new revenue for […]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Wednesday announced that the state will move up to $100 million from state investments to private banks and credit unions in an effort to boost low-interest loans to help federal workers who aren’t getting paid during the partial government shutdown. Pritzker blasted President TrumpDonald John TrumpGary Cohn says Trump trade adviser the […]
A fourth man has been found guilty of taking part in the violent beating of a black man in a downtown Charlottesville, Va., parking garage during the “Unite the Right” rally in 2017. Tyler Watkins Davis pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of malicious wounding for his role in the attack in August 2017 on […]
A Utah bill that bans conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth passed a House committee after key language regarding gender identity was removed, frustrating the bill’s sponsor. The bill aims to add Utah to the list of more than a dozen states that have already banned the controversial practice. But language in the original bill was changed […]
A bill recently introduced in California’s legislature would seal millions of criminal convictions, a move that could help low-level offenders find work, housing and education. The legislation was introduced by Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco, and it is also being pushed by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón. The bill would require the state to clear misdemeanor […]
Gambling regulators in Nevada say the state won’t ban bets on Major League Baseball spring training games despite a request from the league’s officials. The Associated Press reports that the MLB urged the Nevada Gaming Control Board last week to suspend bets on spring training games, which the league says are “more vulnerable to manipulation” and therefore carry “heightened security risks.” […]
Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) on Monday said that recovery efforts are “going great” after tornadoes left 23 dead in Alabama last week. “I think it’s going great,” the Alabama lawmaker said on CNN’s “New Day.” “I was down there 3 or 4 days afterwards and it was amazing what the first responders had done, how […]
A handful of protesters shut down a popular Sacramento mall on Sunday following the district attorney’s decision to not press charges against the police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark. Arden Fair mall in Sacramento never actually opened on Sunday after a group of 10 demonstrators camped overnight in the mall’s center concourse and planned […]
A man posing as a pastor was arrested for attempting to sneak narcotics into a North Carolina jail through Bibles. James Morman posed as a pastor with multiple Bibles filled with drugs at the Scotland County Jail in North Carolina on New Year’s Eve but was caught trying to pass drugs off to inmates, the […]
The West Virginia Democratic Party (WVDP) is calling on a Republican delegate to resign over what it referred to as “hate-filled remarks and actions” regarding the LGBT community. “First of all, Delegate [Eric] Porterfield needs to resign,” WVDP Chairwoman Belinda Biafore said in a statement shared on Facebook last Friday. “West Virginia has no room for someone […]