HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) -- In an historic vote, a Pennsylvania state senate committee today gave its approval to a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. The bill is sponsored by state senator Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon County), who advocated tirelessly and passionately for it. Folme...
Senate spikes sending marijuana legalization to voters ; Supporters said lawmakers should act now to regulate the drug, but opponents worried the bill would be viewed as an endorsement.Steve Mistler , State House Reporter
ST. PAUL, Minn. --The Minnesota House on Tuesday passed a 300-page bill that would allow adults 21 and older to buy, sell and use marijuana, joining nearly two dozen other states that have legalized the cannabis plant for recreational use. UPDATE:Minnesota Senate expected to vote on recreat...
The legalization of marijuana for medical or adult use in Hawaii would wipe away another layer of laws supporting cannabis prohibition in the state. This is significant because FBI statistics show that law enforcement makes approximately 99 of 100 marijuana arrests under ...
Despite the media attention on passage of the act that would decriminalize marijuana, the vote by the Democrat-controlled House was mostly symbolic. No one gives the bill a chance of passing. It’s expected to die in the Senate. Republicans made that clear when the House passed the bill. ...
The Senate Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development Committee passed the legislation from Sen. Lindsey Port (D) in a 5-4 vote. The measure is expected to go through a total of 18 panels in the chamber. Senate Assistant Majority Leader Erin Murphy (D) said at the beginning of Monday’...
government’s bills. Bill C-69, a controversial bill around environmental impact assessments, had nearly 200 amendments added to it in the Senate, about half of which the government accepted. The Senate also tweaked the government’s medically assisted dying legislation and marijuana legalization. ...
One Orange County immigrant’s vote to oppose discrimination: ‘I belong here’ By Christine Mai-Duc Douglas Guzman, 39, casts his ballot at an early voting center in Buena Park on Saturday. (Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times) Douglas Guzman hasn’t like...
I have been fighting for progressive causes since well before I could even vote, and I largely have my mother to thank for that. While I have been smart enough to take advantage of every opportunity, I recognize how lucky and privileged I am to have even had the opportunities presented at...
Washington —The Senate on Monday confirmedMarco Rubio as secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump's Cabinet nominees to win the approval of the upper chamber. The Senate confirmed Rubio in a 99 to 0 vote as his former colleagues in the Senate touted his qualifications for...