San Francisco’s District Attorney said Monday that his office would be expunging more than 9,300 marijuana convictions from individuals’ records. District Attorney George Gascón’s office used an advanced open-source computer algorithm to identify cases that were eligible for expungement, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The move comes less than three years after California fully […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is set to sign a bill to criminalize revenge porn, joining 41 other states which have already done so. The bill, which would make it a misdemeanor to share explicit photos of a person without their consent, passed the state Assembly and Senate after years of debate. “For years I have […]
An Idaho Senate committee on Monday approved the next step to advance legislation making it harder to get a voter initiative on the ballot. The bill will get a hearing before the State Affairs Committee, according to the Idaho Statesman. If passed, the legislation would increase the number of registered voters that must sign a petition […]
A bill proposed in the California State Assembly would allow homeless community college students to sleep in their vehicles in campus parking lots, according to The Sacramento Bee. The bill is reportedly aimed at combatting California’s increasing homeless problem — particularly among college students — as property values and rent prices soar in the state. The […]
A Virginia-based Salvation Army area command announced Friday that it would cover the electric and gas bills for furloughed federal workers in the state’s eastern region. Salvation Army Hampton Roads said it will pay the utility bills for federal workers in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake, a local ABC affiliate reported. “Being able to alleviate the burden of […]
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said Tuesday that she wants to amend the state constitution to allow former felons to reclaim their right to vote after serving their sentences. In her annual Condition of the State address, Reynolds urged legislators to begin the process of revising the state constitution to override a section that governs […]
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) will call for legalized recreational marijuana in her 2019 budget proposal later this week. Raimondo told the Providence Journal that her decision to move forward on the issue was made with “reluctance.” “I have resisted this for the four years I’ve been governor. … Now, however, things have changed, mainly because all of […]
Republican lawmakers in South Carolina reportedly killed a bill this week that would have extended voter registration. The lawmakers squashed the bill Wednesday over concerns of voter registration fraud, according to local news outlet The State. The bill passed the South Carolina House last month on a 70-30 vote, but 20 Republicans switched their votes Wednesday and […]
The nation’s governors are increasingly hopeful that a sweeping infrastructure package is possible this year after White House talks that even some of President TrumpDonald John TrumpGary Cohn says Trump trade adviser the only economist in world who believes in tariffs House transportation committee chairman threatens to subpoena Boeing, FAA communication Pentagon sets new limits […]
Democratic rising star former Rep. Beto O’Rourke is reportedly being urged by some Texas Democrats to challenge GOP Sen. John CornynJohn CornynO’Rourke to announce White House run Thursday morning: report Senate GOP expected to force vote on Green New Deal in March Texas Dems warn of ‘land grab’ if Trump’s emergency order survives MORE in […]