From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to ...
Read More »Justice Ginsburg rides celebrity wave, releases anthology
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is riding the wave of her rock-star celebrity, releasing a compilation of her writings that range from a high school editorial to summaries of some of her spiciest dissenting opinions. There seems to be ...
Read More »Gubernatorial candidates weigh in on financial issues
Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri’s gubernatorial election. The Associated Press asked the candidates about several high-profile state revenue and spending issues. Here’s how they responded: ...
Read More »Supreme Court in holding pattern, awaiting ninth justice
The Supreme Court is set to begin its new term as it ended the last one, down one justice and ideologically deadlocked on a range of issues. The absence of a ninth justice since Antonin Scalia’s death in February has ...
Read More »Kansas overhauling post-prison treatment of sex offenders
Kansas is overhauling a program that confines sex offenders indefinitely for post-prison mental health treatment following a federal lawsuit, a critical legislative audit and legal challenges to similar programs in other states. Officials in the Larned State Hospital program plan ...
Read More »Supreme Court rejects NCAA appeal of antitrust ruling
The Supreme Court is leaving in place court rulings that found the NCAA’s amateurism rules for big-time college basketball and football players violated federal antitrust law. The justices on Monday rejected the NCAA’s appeal in a class-action lawsuit originally filed ...
Read More »Pro racecar driver Scott Tucker, others ordered to pay $1.2B
Professional racecar driver Scott Tucker and others deceived payday loan consumers and owe the Federal Trade Commission about $1.2 billion, according to a ruling from a federal judge in Nevada. U.S. District Court of Nevada Judge Gloria Navarro issued a ...
Read More »Appeals court rules against Kansas in voting rights case
Thousands of prospective voters in Kansas who did not provide citizenship documents will be able to vote in the November election under a federal appeals court ruling late Friday that upheld a judge’s order. The decision from the U.S. 10th ...
Read More »Supreme Court declines to reopen Gov. Walker investigation
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to reopen an investigation into whether Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign to fend off his ouster from office illegally coordinated with outside conservative groups. The justices on Monday left in place a Wisconsin ...
Read More »Alabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s defiance of federal court rulings on gay marriage violated judicial ethics, a disciplinary court ruled on Friday before suspending him for the rest of his term. The punishment effectively removes Moore from office without the ...
Read More »AP: Across US, police officers abuse confidential databases
Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons that have nothing to do with daily police work, an Associated Press investigation has found. Criminal-history ...
Read More »