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Scott Suspends Florida State Employee Drug Testing
Florida's drug testing-crazed governor has backed down from a plan to subject state employees to suspicionless drug tests.
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) has vetoed a smelly asset forfeiture bill. (Image courtesy state of Indiana)
Daniels Vetoes Indiana Asset Forfeiture "Reform"
Police and prosecutors in Indiana were violating the state constitution by failing to turn in seized funds to the school fund, so the legislature tried to fix it by saying they didn't have to. Now, the governor has done the right thing and vetoed that bill.
The mean streets of Camden. And they think late-night Chinese joints are the problem? (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Camden Wants Business Curfew to Stop Drugs
Camden, New Jersey, wants to shut down late night businesses in a bid to stop drug dealing.
Marijuana Policy Project lobbyists and patient advocates watch SB 17 signed into law. (Image courtesy MPP)
Vermont Becomes Eighth Medical Marijuana Dispensary State
Vermont's Democratic governor has stood up to threats from the US attorney, signing into law the state's medical marijuana dispensary bill.
Lake Parc Place residents let CHA CEO Lewis Jordan know what they thought of his bright idea. (Image courtesy CHA)
CHA Gets Angry Earful Over Drug Testing Proposal
New Chicago Housing Authority CEO Lewis Jordan has floated a plan to require drug testing of all adult residents. Thursday night, he got a taste of what residents think of his bright idea.
Connecticut is about to join the ranks of the decrim states. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Connecticut Legislature Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
Connecticut is only a stroke of the governor's pen from becoming the latest decrim state.
Florida state workers, be prepared to submit one of these if Gov. Scott has his way. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
ACLU Sues Florida Governor on State Employee Drug Tests [FEATURE]
Florida's Republican Gov. Rick Scott thinks he can make state employees pee in a cup for him with the stroke of a pen. The ACLU of Florida disagrees and is suing him in federal court.
The CHA wants you to pass a drug test if you live in the Kenmore or any other CHA properties. (Image courtesy CHA)
Chicago Housing Authority Wants to Drug Test Residents
Drug testing mania has arrived at the Chicago Housing Authority, which is now proposing to require drug tests of all adult residents, with evictions if they fail.
Gov. Rick Scott (R) scores political points on the backs of the poor. (Image courtesy state of Florida)
Florida Welfare Drug Testing Bill Signed Into Law
Under a Florida law signed by Gov. Rick Scott Tuesday, welfare recipients must undergo drug tests. It looks like the ACLU will challenge it in court.
Dispensaries remain in legal limbo in Washington state. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Washington Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill Dies
First, the feds scared the governor into vetoing most of a successful dispensary and patient registry bill. Now, time has run out on later efforts to get something out of the legislature in Olympia this year.