Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie followed through on his promise Friday, by rejecting a bill allowing same-sex marriage in his state. He quickly vetoed the measure and renewed his call for a ballot to decide on the issue. The veto came a day after the state Assembly passed the bill. Christie, a Republican who opposes [...]
Looks like a Manhattan School was given $6 million for a “Transformation” to improve the test scores of students. However, instead of actually teaching the students they have implemented an easier solution. Their solution is to dumb down the requirements for graduation. Here are the rules below Under the rules: Students who get failing scores [...]
In the upcoming fall election in Ohio the State has a major ballot issue. Issue 2 deals with a current State Law (SB5) that curtails the collective bargaining process for unions in the State. Issue 2 makes some very fair and common sense requests of our government employees to give local communities the flexibility they need [...]
Currently in California Gov. Jerry Brown has a highly debated bill sitting on his desk. The Bill if signed would end Open-Carry laws in California. “Open-Carry” is a popular tactic used by gun owners to carry guns on them at all times. If Gov. Brown signs the bill into law, California would be the first [...]
On May 18th, 2011 The Ohio House passed HB 194 which would upgrade the voting process in the State of Ohio. The bill directs a large amount of focus on the absentee ballots and provisional ballots. Under the provisions in the bill; verification and organization would become more streamlined helping in the counting of ballots. [...]
Recently, Governor Jerry Brown signed part one of California’s DREAM Act into law. This particular bill, which gives funding to illegal immigrant students, is blatant amnesty. This particular legislation comprises two parts—AB 130 and AB 131. The author of both bills is Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles). AB 130 grants private scholarships to illegal immigrant [...]
On August 25th, 2011, California’s Senate Appropriations Committee met to vote on AB 499, a bill introduced by Democrat Toni Atkins (pictured on right) on February 15, 2011 and that was moved to the Suspense File on August 15, 2011 due to concern for the state’s current financial problems. Known as “An act to amend [...]
Last week Tennessee passed a bill that would make it illegal for you to share your login and password to sites such as Netflix, HBO, etc. Now this bill would mostly pertain to music such as pandora or Last.fm with Nashville, TN being such a big music town. However, legislators wanted to make sure they [...]
(from the Pittsburgh Tea Party Movement) A few House bills are up for discussion and hopefully, passage within the Commonwealth. The first is HB 934- Voter ID and requires a picture ID to prove registration in order to vote. Second, is HB 1434- Marriage Amendment which finalizes DOMA and begin the process of changing the [...]
California Senator Mark Leno (D) introduced a bill (SB-48) that passed with a 23-14 vote in the California senate that requires all public schools to add “Gay History” to their social studies lessons, as well as focus on other special interest groups. “SB 48, as introduced, Leno. Instruction: prohibition of discriminatory content. Existing law requires [...]
