The legal status of the death penalty was upheld in three state referendums Tuesday. Oklahoma citizens voted in favor of State Question No. 776, which will add an explicit protection of the death penalty to the state...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that will determine the constitutionality of citizenship statutes that set different requirements based on whether a child was born to unmarried parents with a...

Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington all approved minimum wage increase initiatives Tuesday, while South Dakota rejected a measure to lower the minimum wage. In Arizona, Proposition 206, which proposed raising minimum wage from the current...

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a San Francisco law that forbids home-rental companies from reclaiming booking in circumstances where the home has not been registered with the city. Judge James Donato...

Colorado citizens on Tuesday voted in favor of Proposition 106 , a state ballot proposition that gives terminally ill adult patients the right to self-administer lethal drugs after receiving approval from two physicians. The measure passed with a substantial...

Missouri voters approved an amendment on Tuesday to require voters to present photo identification at the polls. The amendment proposes the same bill that Governor Jay Nixon vetoed in July. The Missouri Legislature overrode his veto in...

Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected Amendment 69 (ColoradoCare) , which would have created the state's first universal health insurance program, with 80 percent of voters voting against the initiative. According to Coloradans for Coloradans , ColoradoCare...

Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved proposals to legalize recreational marijuana on Tuesday, while several other states voted to permit the use of medical marijuana. California voters passed Proposal 64 , which immediately permits those over 21...

Gun control ballot measures were approved by voters Tuesday in California, Nevada and Washington while failing in Maine. California's Proposition 63 would require individuals to obtain a permit before purchasing ammunition. It would also eliminate several exemptions to...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard argument in the cases of Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami and Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Co. . Believing cyclical poverty in Miami is...