News from April 2010
Ad blasts Brown's record on taxes and spending
Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown is no friend of businesses, at least judging by the state Chamber of Commerce's ad blasting the Democrat over his policies.
Tennessee AG warns against pending state health care bill
Robert Cooper (D) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline)-Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper said Tuesday that state lawmakers' effort to sidestep the national health care overhaul may be preempted by federal law and thus be unconstitutional.
California's public employee pensions face $500 billion funding gap
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California's public pension systems are facing a shortfall of more than $500 billion, a new study says.
Indiana high court to hear blackjack case
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline)-The Indiana Supreme Court this week will hear a contract dispute involving professional blackjack player Thomas Donovan.
W.Va. DHHR still looking through health care law
Obama CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources says it is still determing what effect federal health care reform will have on the state.
Poll: Whitman leads Brown in Calif. governor's race
Meg Whitman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Republican California gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman leads Democrat Jerry Brown in the race to be the Golden State's next chief executive, a poll released today indicates.
Goddard makes third bid for Arizona governor
Terry Goddard (D) PHOENIX, Ariz. (Legal Newsline)-Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard on Monday officially kicked of his campaign for governor, calling for tax increases to help the state make ends meet amid a decline in revenues.
Nevada governor expected to announce health care lawsuit
Jim Gibbons (R) CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline)-The Nevada governor has a news conference planned for tomorrow to discuss how his administration will move forward on a lawsuit challenging the new federal health care overhaul.
Conn. AG demands end to unlicensed sale of non-corrective contacts
Richard Blumenthal (D) HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) -Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has ordered two retailer and a pair of distributors to stop their illegal sale of non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses.
Brown reaches settlement with SoCal drywall company
Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-More than 200 workers of a Southern California drywall company will receive $200,000 collectively in back pay, under a settlement state Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Monday.
Blagojevich fired from reality show
Rod Blagojevich (D) NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Just as he was fired from being Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich was canned Sunday night from NBC's competition show "The Celebrity Apprentice."
Mims set to join Va. SC
Mims RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Bill Mims, a former attorney general of Virginia, is moving on to the state Supreme Court later this week.
McMaster pens op-ed about health care challenge
McMaster COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster defended his decision to challenge federal health care reform in an editorial last week.
Bill would restrict public employee information under public records law
Drew Edmondson (D) TULSA, Okla. (Legal Newsline)- Oklahoma is raking in millions of dollars by selling personal information about motorists, a report indicates.
Yoo: Health care law a government 'intrusion'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The controversial insurance mandate outlined in the new national health care law marks the federal government's "greatest intrusion" into society, a former Bush administration Justice Department official said.
Cordray OKs ballot measure against health care reform
Richard Cordray (D) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray last week signed off on petition language that would bar federal health care coverage mandates from taking effect in the state.
Six says no 'constitutional defects' in health care law
Steve Six (D) TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline)-Scoffing at Republican legislators, Kansas Attorney General Steve Six says he will not join a multistate GOP-led lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the nation's new health care law.
Nevada AG suspected of violating confidentiality rules
Catherine Cortez Masto (D) CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline)-The Nevada attorney general may have violated rules of professional conduct when she publicly advised the governor not to sue over the recently passed national health care plan, a governor's spokesman said.
Justices to take up case of fired medical marijuana user
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-The Washington Supreme Court will hear the case of a medical marijuana card holder who was fired after her pre-employment drug test came back positive.
Ohio chief justice dies at 70
Thomas Moyer (R) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)- Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, the longest-serving sitting state Supreme Court chief justice in the United States, died unexpectedly Friday. He was 70, and preparing for retirement.