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December 20, 2015

Obama, Congress extend sympathies after Navy Yard shootings

President Obama and members of Congress extended their sympathies Monday to the victims and families of the fatal Washington Navy Yard shootings, which happened just blocks from Capitol Hill.

December 20, 2015

It's the law: Washington state lawmakers don't get speeding tickets

Washington state legislators headed to work can't get speeding tickets -- or so says the Washington State Patrol and at least one local police department. 

December 20, 2015

Maryland counties join movement to secede from largely Democrat-run state

A group of Western Maryland residents frustrated with its state’s liberal government is joining a recent movement across the country of regions trying to secede.

December 20, 2015

Worker for Minnesota ObamaCare 'exchange' releases private info in security breach

An employee at MNsure, Minnesota's new online health insurance exchange, accidentally distributed confidential information about more than 2,400 insurance agents. 

December 20, 2015

Special districts — with power to tax — grow like corn in Nebraska

Despite Nebraska's general disdain for big government and taxes, the state sure has a lot of both. 

December 20, 2015

Bill would raise Calif. minimum wage to among nation's highest

California's minimum wage would rise to $10 an hour within three years under a bill that is all but certain to head to Gov. Jerry Brown, giving the state one of the highest statewide rates in the nation.

December 20, 2015

Chicago bans guns in restaurants that sell liquor, expects lawsuits

Forced to weaken one of the nation's toughest gun-control laws, the Chicago City Council clearly signaled it wasn't backing down on Wednesday by banning concealed weapons in all bars and restaurants that sell liquor -- and noting that attorneys were ready to fight the anticipated legal challenges.

December 20, 2015

Federal judge rules Wisconsin union changes legal

A federal judge has ruled Republican Gov. Scott Walker's controversial law stripping most public workers of nearly all their union rights is constitutional.

December 20, 2015

Raw deal? Wisconsin groups debate bill to legalize raw milk sales

The Wisconsin state Legislature could look to legalize limited sales of raw milk just months after the near vindication of dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger, who in May was found not guilty on three of four misdemeanor charges after a trial the state insisted was definitely not about selling raw milk.

December 20, 2015

Illinois nanny city now requiring $50 trash cans

The City of Bloomington, which thinks it knows how to run taxi cabs and when you should mow your lawn, now knows better than you how big your trash can should be.