Welfare

The North Carolina legislature is about to pass a welfare drug testing bill. At least they took out the part where county employees had to tell people they wouldn't be tested if they didn't apply for benefits.

Oklahoma's welfare drug testing program has come a cropper in terms of saving money for the state, with only 2.2% of applicants being denied for failing drug tests or refusing to take them.

A bid to impose drug testing on welfare recipients in Indiana has died after legislators could not agree on a means of ensuring payments to the children of recipients who tested positive.

A "reasonable suspicion" public benefits drug testing bill has been signed into law in Kansas.

Bills that aim to impose drug testing on people seeking public benefits are moving in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas.

Republican legislators in Kansas and Texas advanced public benefits drug testing bills this week.

Have you ever worked in an industry where there is drug testing? If so, that's "reasonable suspicion" you are a drug user, according to a public benefits drug testing bill that has passed the Kansas Senate.

The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a preliminary injunction blocking the state of Florida from implementing its welfare drug testing law. The law violates the Fourth Amendment's proscription against warrantless searches, the court found.

The Indiana House has passed a welfare drug testing bill despite a fiscal analysis showing it would be a net loser for the state, costing taxpayers more than $1 million a year.

North Dakota's legislature rejected a welfare drug testing bill Friday, even after it was amended to first require "reasonable suspicion."