New York lawmakers press on to legalize medical aid in dying As session approaches its end, lawmakers and advocates continue to rally for a bill to legalize medical aid in dying—legislation that has failed to pass in New York for nearly a decade. 05/6/2024 - 10:19 am | View Link
FL Republican Party officially comes out against initiative to legalize adult cannabis The Republican Party of Florida has officially decided that it will oppose Amendment 3, the constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would legalize recreational cannabis for adults 21 ... 05/6/2024 - 9:11 am | View Link
As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it? A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis ... 05/4/2024 - 3:46 am | View Link
Missouri Organizers Submit Signatures For Ballot Measure To Legalize Abortion A coalition of abortion rights advocates in Missouri moved one step closer to putting abortion rights on the ballot despite legal challenges, delays and a grassroots “decline to sign” campaign waged ... 05/4/2024 - 12:48 am | View Link
Which States Have Legalized Marijuana for Recreational or Medical Use? The Biden Administration has proposed easing federal restrictions on marijuana, which is already legal in many US states. 05/3/2024 - 11:35 pm | View Link
House passes landmark marijuana legalization bill WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday that would legalize marijuana nationwide, eliminating criminal penalties for anyone who manufactures, distributes or possesses the substance.... 05/2/2024 - 11:21 pm | View Link
U.S. Senators Introduce Bill To Legalize Marijuana A group of 18 Democratic Senators this week reintroduced a bill to legalize marijuana nationwide, only a day after news reports revealed that the U.S. government would reclassify cannabis under ... 05/2/2024 - 9:31 am | View Link
Reschedule marijuana? Deschedule? Legalize weed? Main takeaways on ... Legalize weed? Main takeaways on Biden's cannabis news. Mike Davis. Asbury Park Press. WASHINGTON — Cannabis policy in the United States is a mess. 05/2/2024 - 8:41 am | View Link
Risks and Benefits of Legalized Cannabis Although the use and possession of cannabis is illegal under federal law, medicinal and recreational cannabis use has become increasingly widespread. Thirty-eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical cannabis, while 23 states and D.C. have legalized recreational use. Cannabis legalization has benefits, such as removing the ... 05/2/2024 - 6:03 am | View Link
The House approved it, so when will the US legalize marijuana? A recent Pew Research poll shows 91% of Americans say it is time to legalize at least some uses of marijuana. Gallup polling says two-thirds of Americans favor outright legalization of pot. 05/1/2024 - 11:37 pm | View Link
Abortion rights advocates might be surprised to learn that, in deep-blue New York, anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics.
There are more than 120 such centers (known as CPCs, though they also go by other names) throughout New York, according to a coalition of abortion rights groups in the state, compared to a little more than 100 in-person abortion providers.
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The signage surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris in Jacksonville, Fla. last week was not exactly subtle: “Reproductive Freedom” and “Trust Women” framed the lone woman ever to be within a heartbeat of the presidency, as she laid the blame for Florida’s ban on abortion after six weeks at the foot of former President Donald Trump on the very day it took effect.
DENVER — Colorado lawmakers passed a sweeping bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.
The cases have devastated hundreds of already grieving families, and encouraged lawmakers to pass the bill, which now goes to Democratic Gov.
NEW YORK — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired a Colorado auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.”
The former president’s media company dismissed Lakewood-based BF Borgers as its independent public accounting firm on Friday, according to a securities filing — which also notes that Trump Media engaged with Arizona-based accountant Semple, Marchal & Cooper as BF Borgers’ replacement over the weekend.
BF Borgers’ dismissal arrived on the same day that the Securities and Exchange Commission charged the firm and its owner Benjamin F.
Lawmakers in the Colorado House and Senate face a time crunch as the end of the legislative session approaches on Wednesday and are working to pass bills on property tax relief, gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation and other priorities.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:29 p.m.: As the belated property tax deal allowed the Capitol to breathe a sigh of relief, lawmakers passed a flurry of bills Monday as they work to blitz through their legislative backlog.
In the House, lawmakers fully passed Senate Bills 229 and 230, the bills that formed the oil-and-gas armistice announced late last month.