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States Struggling: Budget Crises Lead to Desperate Measures
If you thought your wallet was feeling light, it's not just you — states are feeling the budget crunch just as hard — with unique ways to manage the money meltdown.
In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has just threatened to pay state employees federal minimum wage in an effort to push lawmakers to agree on a budget.
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Jon Stewart: How Could Senators Vote Against Antirape Bill?
Senator Al Franken recently sponsored the Franken Anti-Government-Contractor Rape Liability Bill. The legislative amendment states that the US government will not hire companies who make employees sign a contract saying that they will not sue if they are raped by other employees.
Franken was prompted by a female employee of a Halliburton subsidiary who was gang-raped by her co-workers in Iraq.
What Is Stockholm Syndrome?
News this week that Jaycee Lee Dugard, 11 years old when she was abducted in 1991, was discovered living in her abductor's backyard, prompts reactions both of happiness and horror. Happiness that this poor young woman, raped and twice-impregnated by her abductor, is finally free. Horror when you think of what her life must have been like these past 18 years.
Oh Snap! Hillary Clinton's Back on the Scene in a Sling
She's baaaack! Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been out of the spotlight after breaking her elbow in June, but she came back to the stage on Friday to hold a town hall for State Department employees — and she didn't take the weekend off from diplomacy either, appealing to North Korea for the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Hillary said the two reporters expressed great remorse and that "everyone is very sorry that it happened."
Woman Wins Legal Fight to Harvest Dead Fiance's Sperm
By turns poignant and thought-provoking, Gisela Marrero's legal battle to harvest her dead fiance's sperm tested the limits of medical ethics.
In the end, four hours before the deceased's semen would no longer be viable (it remains so for only 36 hours after someone dies), the Bronx State Supreme Court approved her request and sperm bank employees rushed to his body.
What led everyone to this legal tangle began as a tragedy.
Front Page: New Mexico Repeals the Death Penalty
- New Mexico has become the 15th US state to ban the death penalty. Gov. Richardson said signing the bill was the toughest decision he's made in public life.
Health Care: The Low Down on the Candidates' Differences
Rounding into the final stretch of the campaign, what has been a long year plus of promises on both sides now stand to become reality very soon — and for new plans like Obama's health-care proposal, business owners are thinking long and hard about what it will really mean for their bottom line. One small business owner is already considering not adding any workers to his four pet-supply stores in anticipation of the contribution he'll have to make.
Though there aren't hard numbers yet, economists believe Obama's plan might make large and medium companies pay as much as 6 percent of their payrolls toward the health-care plan.
Should Unemployment Rates Impact Immigration Policy?
As the unemployment rate rises, so does the call for stricter immigration rules. Many Americans resent that they have lost their income while visaed foreigners bring home dollars, or even worse, while corporations illegally hire undocumented workers.
The issue showed up last week on CNN's Cafferty File.
Front Page: CA Passes State Budget After All-Nighter
- After deliberating through the night and securing a breakthrough Republican vote, California state lawmakers have passed a budget deal. The $42 billion budget deficit will be closed with new taxes and severe spending cuts. — SF Chronicle
- Nearly 5 million US workers are receiving unemployment benefits, an all-time high.
Medical Marijuana Law Limited in California
The California Supreme Court clarified the state's medical marijuana law yesterday, deciding unanimously that individual suppliers can be prosecuted even when dealing to patients with doctor approval. Sellers, who are not caretakers, or fellow medical marijuana cooperative members, will not be protected from the law.
Patients will most likely turn exclusively to marijuana collectives and cooperatives to get their fill.
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