Massachusetts Tries Gun Control The Old-Fashioned Way: Higher Taxes

A gun bill in Massachusetts is looking to expand gun restrictions in the state through additional taxes on lawful gun owners. The legislation , sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Cynthia Creem, is one of many she said she has filed every state senate session in order to "to make it harder and harder" to obtain a gun, she told Wicked Local Newsbank .

Lemons: Happy Presidents Day! Phoenix Progressives Took Bait on ‘Sanctuary City’ Vote

This Presidents Day, the pro-immigration, pro-civil rights crowd is rightfully on edge, as our current POTUS has promised a revised executive order regarding his January 27 travel ban on seven majority-Muslim countries, put on pause by a recent ruling of Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Thursday, the Ninth's Chief Judge Sidney Thomas stayed any further proceedings in the case, pending the president's issuing his new EO.

41 felons indicted via anti-violence program

Little Rock FBI Special Agent in Charge Diane Upchurch , Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Christopher Thyer listen as Jeffrey Reed, resident agent in charge of the ATF, speaks Tuesday in Little Rock about the progress made during the Violence Reduction Network initiative. A U.S. attorney based in Little Rock announced Tuesday the indictment of 41 convicted felons on federal charges, praising a federal anti-violence program for changing the way local and federal authorities work together.

WashPost Sees GOP ‘Bigotry,’ ‘Determined to…

One of the maddening things that was displayed during the 2016 presidential campaign was the tendency for Republicans to be accused of racism if they point out problems that disproportionately affect black Americans in the context of trying to find solutions. And as Democrats have an established history of touting high poverty and unemployment rates among blacks while trying to push for more welfare spending and higher taxes, or of highlighting shootings in inner cities in the name of pushing for more gun restrictions, they are seen by liberals as compassionate for taking notice.

Hundreds arrested in routine a enforcement surgea that immigration…

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Court: Cops can’t ask for driver’s license unless suspicion

The Iowa Supreme Court has made it significantly more difficult for police to continue to ask questions or even ask for a driver's license during routine traffic stops if there is no reasonable suspicion a crime has been committed. In a ruling Friday, the majority of a divided 4-3 court overturned a 30-year-old Iowa legal precedent that said officers at least could ask drivers to produce their license during routine stops.

Jeff Sessions takes oath and defends Trump on immigration

'That's not wrong, that's not immoral, that's not indecent!' Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes his oath as he defends Trump's push to curb illegal immigration and fight terrorism The Alabama native's former top legislative adviser, Stephen Miller, is now in charge of developing the White House's domestic policy agenda Jeff Sessions was sworn in as America's top law enforcement officer on Thursday, promising to back up President Donald Trump 's actions on immigration and crime with renewed energy from the Department of Justice. Sessions, a former U.S. senator from Alabama, cited 'the threat of terrorism' and said rising crime rates are ' a dangerous permanent trend that places the health and safety of the American people at risk.'

Proposed casino legislation dictates more bankruptcy, education losses for Illinois

In Illinois, Lincoln's essential premise of "government of the people, by the people and for the people" has been corrupted into "government of the casinos, by the casinos, and for the casinos"-as exemplified by the new casino legislation in Senate Bill 7. In 2015, U.S. Congressional hearings highlighted that much of the Illinois bankruptcy was precipitated by $35 billion to $100 billion in giveaways since 1990 to gambling interests - diverting funds particularly away from essential education funding. For example, the original 10 Illinois casino licenses worth $5 billion were given away for only $25,000 each to political insiders, including one insider who thereafter went to prison.

Texas Senate advances bill to effectively abolish sanctuary cities

The Texas State Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill Tuesday that would effectively abolish so-called sanctuary cities by requiring local police agencies to enforce immigration laws at the request of federal officials. Under Senate Bill 4, law enforcement in cities, counties and on college campuses would have to hold an arrested person in custody while US Customs and Immigration Enforcement looks into his or her immigration status.

Your View: Civic groups oppose sheriff’s immigration decisions

Representatives of the undersigned community, religious, and labor organizations want to see Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson do the following: - Drop the proposal to send prisoners from the Bristol County House of Corrections to build President Trump's wall at the Mexican border. - Rescind his agreement with Immigration Customs and Enforcement that will enable him to enforce federal immigration law to the detriment of residents here under the Department of Homeland Security's 287 program.

Trump’s – Carnage’ is Really Up to the States to Fix 41 minutes ago

In early 2015, the MacArthur Foundation launched a grant program that would award millions of dollars to help local governments pursue criminal justice reform. Two years and almost 200 applications later, the nonprofit is still doling out money to municipalities seeking to reduce the number of people they jail.

Hobby Lobby, executive power: Gorsuch’s key rulings

JANUARY 31: U.S. President Donald Trump nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. If confirmed, Gorsuch would fill the seat left vacant with the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016.

Lawsuit trying to stop destruction of municipal ID records under review :0

Two Congressional committees are reviewing a lawsuit seeking to stop the city from destroying municipal-ID card records , sources told The Post. Officials with the Senate Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Investigations and the House Committee on Homeland Security have received copies of a suit seeking to preserve such records and are discussing whether to investigate Mayor de Blasio's policy that seeks to destroy them, sources said.

W/R: U.S. Attorney no stranger to Muncie

W/R: U.S. Attorney no stranger to Muncie The Walker/Roysdon Report looks at local politics and government. Check out this story on thestarpress.com: http://tspne.ws/2jHJB25 This is hardly a revelation to those who know or grew up with him, but U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler, whose office is likely calling the shots in that ongoing federal investigation of Muncie city government, is a native of - you guessed it - Muncie.

Blumenthal: Stripping federal funds from sanctuary cities would be ‘illegal’

To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Friday it would be "illegal" for President Donald J. Trump's administration to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities under an executive order issued Wednesday. "Cutting off funding to Hartford or any town or city in Connecticut would be illegal," Blumenthal said.

Famously conservative Scalia was really a part-time liberal

As President Donald Trump prepares to name a successor to Justice Antonin Scalia, the conventional wisdom is that the choice will not change the liberal-conservative balance on the court. After all, this argument goes, if Trump chooses any of the names on his previously published list, the court and the country will simply be swapping one conservative justice for another.

Ferguson missed deadlines in deal with Justice Department

In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, police officers watch protesters as smoke fills the streets in Ferguson, Mo. Clark Ervin, a Washington lawyer monitoring the consent decree involving the St. Louis suburb that has been under Justice Department scrutiny since the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown, said Ferguson missed deadlines in crafting new policies and procedures on basic policing practices.