Proposed Bills Aim to Stop Illegal Immigrants from Securing State Licenses
02/23/2011 A number of bills have been introduced in the Legislature that seeks to require individuals who are applying for a driver’s license to prove that they are in the country legally. The issue on who can get or should get a license to drive has been a hot topic in the state of Washington […]
Recent Poll suggests that Americans are against pulling the Healthcare Law Funds
02/23/2011 According to a recent survey, majority of Americans do not want Congress to oppose funding for a range of health care measures even as the nation remains divided on the extensive overhaul passed last year. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed said that they do not support the move of lawmakers to cut-off funds necessary […]
Milk Testing Argued over by the Dairy Industry and the Food and Drug Administration
02/23/2011 Every year, hundreds of older dairy cows that are bound for the slaughterhouse are found by federal inspectors to contain illegal levels of antibiotics. Worried that the antibiotics might contaminate the milk Americans drink, the Food and Drug Administration expressed their intention to begin a series of tests on the milk from farms. The […]
Bulletin Boards Hit by Copyright Lawyers
2/23/2011 It now appears that talking about the news on bulletin boards may cause some Internet users to run into legal troubles. This developed after Righthaven, a US Legal copyright outfit representing the US newspaper industry, is making moves to bar Internet users from talking about the news on various bulletin boards. Seven infringement lawsuits […]
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Wish for Authority over Health Care Law
2/2/2011 The Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota, Adam Hamm, has requested state legislators to give him authority to implement provisions of the new federal health care law. This is despite the general skepticism of Hamm himself, as well as the GOP-controlled state Legislature, of the law’s overhaul. North Dakota House’s Industry, Business and Labor Committee […]