New Jersey criminal background bill that played role in Phillipsburg politics is signed into law Should school board members be required to pass criminal background checks? Take today’s NEWS POLL. Read more on The Star-Ledger
Leinster football double bill to test attendance levels GAA:THE GAA is bracing itself for the first pivotal test of championship attendances this summer. With crowds at the opening-round games down on recent years, across all four provinces, Sunday’s Leinster football double bill in Croke Park – which includes the meeting of Dublin and Laois – [...]
Bill Cotterell: Osama is dead, partisanship lives on It’s sometimes surprising — although it shouldn’t be, anymore — to see how pointlessly partisan American politics has become. Read more on Tallahassee Democrat
Online gambling proposal resurfaces in Iowa Senate bill Backers breathed new life into a gambling package Thursday by deferring plans to legalize Internet poker in Iowa for a year so state officials can better assess the extent of illegal activity currently taking place and how best to regulate an intrastate online program. Read more on [...]
Animal abuse bill goes to Texas House Texas House members will soon consider a bill that would allow people to track animal abusers online. This week, SB 779 passed on the Senate floor 30-1. Read more on KXAN 36 Austin
Nebraska Bill Addresses Prenatal Coverage Cuts COMMENTARY | LINCOLN, Neb. — One year ago, about 1,600 Nebraska women lost Medicaid funding for prenatal care after the federal government determined that the state’s program did not meet federal rules. The program allowed both unborn children and their mothers to qualify for Medicaid. But what spurred the [...]
Facts overshadowed by rhetoric as debate over union rights bill in Wisconsin forges ahead MADISON, Wis. – The facts have been overshadowed by rhetoric at the Wisconsin Capitol, where protesters and politicians have been engaged in a tense standoff over the governor’s proposal to strip most public employees of their collective-bargaining rights. Read more on [...]
Party lines split Valley representatives on budget bill Sate Sen. Edward Jones, D-Enfield, was not joking earlier this month when he said Senate Bill 13, a proposed state budget for 2011-2012, was on the fast track for approval. Read more on Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald
Obama Calls Wisconsin Budget Bill ‘Assault on Unions’ President Obama has accused Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, of unleashing “an assault” on unions by pressing legislation that would end collective bargaining rights for public employees and sharply increase their health care and pension payments. Read more on Fox News
House advances transportation bill RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell’s $4 billion transportation plan advanced in the House Thursday despite Democrats’ concerns that $3 billion of it is borrowed. Read more on Martinsville Bulletin
