Government and Politics
On March 9, 2015, President Obama issued an executive order freezing the assets of seven Venezuela officials. By issuing this order, Obama puts into effect S.2142 - Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society … Continue reading President Obama Issues Executive Order Freezing Assets of Seven Venezuela Officials
Apr 10, 2015: In southern California, NBC Channel 4 video shot from a helicopter shows several San Bernardino County deputies beating 30-year old Francis Jared Pusok when arresting him at the end of a chase … Continue reading San Bernardino County Deputies Beat Man After Chase
Dec 7, 2017: U.S. District Judge David Norton sentenced Michael Slager to 20 years in prison, deciding that Slager had in fact committed second-degree murder in the shooting death of Walter Scott. Former S.C. Officer … Continue reading South Carolina Police Officer Charged with Murder in Shooting of Black Man
May 5, 2015: The California State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved the water restrictions announced by California Governor Jerry Brown on April 1, 2015. Emergency 25% cut in California cities' water use approved | … Continue reading California Governor Jerry Brown Orders Mandatory Water Restrictions
Mar 26, 2015 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law House Bill 2578 which makes it more challenging for homeowners to sue home builders for construction defects. The new law states that both sides in … Continue reading Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Signs Construction Defect House Bill 2578
Mar 27, 2015 Attorneys for Debra Milke filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, former Phoenix Police Detective Armando Saldate, several Phoenix police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants, a forensic … Continue reading Debra Milke Murder Case
Mar 20, 2015 After four years of evaluation, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, issued a News Release along with a 395-page Final Rule on safe, responsible hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on … Continue reading U.S. Department of Interior Releases Final Rule for Safe Fracking on Federal and Tribal Lands
May 12, 2015: In Madison, Wisconsin, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced that Officer Matt Kenny used "lawful use of deadly police force" and will not face charges in the March 6, 2015 shooting … Continue reading Unarmed Nineteen-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Madison Wisconsin Police Officer
Mar 3, 2015 By a vote of 257-167, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a "clean" DHS funding bill, with no provisions for Obama's immigration reform executive order, which funds the U.S. Department of Homeland … Continue reading 2015 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Funding
Get information about the Affordable Care Act or enroll in a plan on the official ACA website here. Get additional information about the Affordable Care Act here. Get detailed information about the effort to repeal … Continue reading ACA | Affordable Care Act | PPACA | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Obamacare