4/28/2021 -
The Trump administration held that the federal government should be able to withhold funds from sanctuary cities for their non-compliance with federal laws. The Biden administration reversed that policy.
4/28/2021 -
Biden signed an executive order on Apr. 27, 2021 that will raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour effective in 2022. The raise is expected to impact hundreds of thousands of workers.
4/22/2021 -
The percentage is a major increase over President Obama’s 2015 pledge to cut greenhouse gases by 26% to 28% by 2025.
4/15/2021 -
Explore the ongoing debate and the join the conversation in the comments or on social media.
4/12/2021 -
The state joins just four other states in legalizing marijuana via legislation.
4/12/2021 -
The nuclear plant, in Buchanan, New York, just 25 miles from New York City, is set to shut down the last reactor on Apr. 30, 2021.
4/12/2021 -
The legislation signed on Apr. 7, 2021 by Governor Jay Inslee restoring the right to vote upon release from prison goes into effect in Jan. 2022. Until then, the right to vote is not restored until prison, parole, and probation are completed.
4/9/2021 -
Tennessee joins 18 states who have constitutional, or permitless, concealed carry laws.
4/8/2021 -
On Apr. 8, 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland outlined five actions to be taken by the Biden Administration to curb gun violence.
4/7/2021 -
Governor Northam and the legislature agreed to legalize possession and growing plants on July 1, 2021, with commercial sales coming Jan. 1, 2024.
4/7/2021 -
Over 50 years of drug testing (27 Games) at the Olympics there have been 433 positive doping tests, resulting in the loss of 169 medals (57 gold, 62 silver, and 50 bronze). Explore positive doping tests by Games, country, sport, and drug(s) or drug offenses.
4/5/2021 -
Governor Kim Reynolds signed a law allowing permitless concealed handgun carry in Iowa, joining 17 other states.
3/31/2021 -
Joe Biden joins our resource. Of the 45 US presidents, 32 had college degrees and 13 did not. Eight presidents did not attend college; five attended college but did not earn a degree; 21 graduated college with undergraduate degrees only; and 11 earned graduate degrees.
3/31/2021 -
New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational marijuana, effective immediately, as Governor Cuomo signed legislation the same day it hit his desk. The law also adjusts the medical marijuana law, allowing for a 60-day supply and adding more qualifying conditions.
3/29/2021 -
The initiative would employ almost 77,000 in offshore and on-land jobs by 2030.
