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Can States Reform Act spark marijuana reform?
Pot popularity Pot. Weed. Grass. The devil’s lettuce. Whatever it’s called, marijuana use in the United States is booming. Public opinions may be changing quickly, but on Capitol Hill, support for marijuana legalization reform is stalled. The House of Representatives voted twice in the last two years to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement… -
Dethroning Disney fundraising gold for DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is running for re-election, and his current legal fight with Disney is just the latest high-profile headline involving the potential presidential candidate. At the end of March, DeSantis had $105 million in his campaign coffers, a record amount in Florida politics. Conservative support swelled for DeSantis across the nation after he… -
ACLU raises free speech concerns as Musk buys Twitter
Elon Musk is the world’s richest man and CEO of Tesla. He also thinks he can fix Twitter. Critics, including the ACLU, adopted an argument Kanye West made popular, no one man should have all that power. Twitter’s Board of Directors approved Musk’s $44 billion cash bid on Monday. Twitter’s user base is significantly smaller… -
‘Stealth’ COVID variant more transmissible, less severe
As COVID continues to evolve, public health officials are tracking a new variant, dubbed BA.2. The new variant is the latest Covid virus mutation to cause problems around the globe. The American Medical Association described BA.2 as a “stealth” strain because of the way it shows up on tests. It is said to be 50-60% more… -
SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned by Senate
President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee is one step closer to serving on the nation’s highest bench. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing is now underway. Miami-raised and Harvard-educated, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was a criminal defense lawyer earlier in her career. She’s been serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals since 2021.… -
One month in, Ukraine still fighting Russia fiercely
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is nearly a month old. Thousands are dead or wounded. Millions are now refugees. The Ukrainians, united in their fight, are refusing to give into Russia. The Russian military told Ukraine to essentially abandon the city of Mariupol by dawn on Monday morning, a demand to which the…
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