Oregon’s broken healthcare exchange may move to federal network
PORTLAND (Reuters) – Top officials for Oregon’s troubled health insurance network, dogged by technical glitches that have kept a single subscriber from enrolling online, recommended on Thursday dumping the state website in favor of a federally run heal…
In California drought, big money, many actors, little oversight
(Reuters) – In the middle of one of the worst droughts in California’s history, no one knows exactly how many agencies supply the state with water.
Seattle mayor finds impasse over $15 hourly wage proposal
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A coalition of business, labor, and nonprofit interests assembled by the mayor of Seattle has failed to agree on a proposal that, if adopted by lawmakers, would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, more than double the U.S…
Arkansas judge strikes down voter ID law as unconstitutional
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge declared the state’s new voter identification law unconstitutional on Thursday since it stipulates that voters must meet an additional requirement before casting a ballot.
Rebellious Nevada rancher’s slavery remarks dim Republican support
(Reuters) – Two Republican U.S. senators who voiced support for a Nevada cattleman in his showdown with federal agents over grazing rights on public land condemned the rebellious rancher’s remarks about whether African-Americans would be “better off as…
Witnesses in U.S. Army hearing call 2007 Iraq shootings unjustified
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – Two former U.S. soldiers testifying at the pre-trial hearing of a one-time comrade charged with killing two unarmed Iraqi boys said on Thursday that the 2007 shootings were unjustified.
Colorado lawmakers advance bill to crack down on ‘revenge porn’
DENVER (Reuters) – A bill that would criminalize the posting of intimate images over the Internet as an act of humiliation – so-called “revenge porn” – passed its first test in the Colorado state legislature on Thursday, sailing unanimously through a k…
Fewer communities risk running out of water in California drought
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A moderate dose of winter rainfall hasn’t ended California’s historic drought, but it has dropped just enough moisture on the beleaguered state to help 14 communities that had risked running out of water.
Accused Kansas killer with ‘murder’ tattoo to wear turtleneck
WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of a man accused of a 2011 killing could be looking across a steamy Kansas courtroom this summer at a defendant wearing a turtleneck.
California lawmakers aim to tighten handgun restrictions
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A bill banning the sale of single-shot handguns that can be modified into semi-automatic weapons advanced in the California legislature on Thursday as lawmakers sought to close what the bill’s supporters say is a loop…
