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Bill de Blasio proposes immigration legislation

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is proposing legislation to help undocumented immigrants in New York City.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged bill de blasio, immigration, legislation, NYC, politics | Reply
Council Speaker Christine Quinn announcing the legislation today at City Hall. (Credit: 
William Alatriste)

(UPDATE) City Council passes sick days bill

The New York City Council passed legislation Wednesday that will require thousands of businesses to provide paid sick days to [...]

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Christine Quinn, legislation, Michael Bloomberg, new york city council, paid sick days, sick days bill, small business, veto | Reply
The results of a Google image search on Ebay are shown on a monitor in this photo illustration in Encinitas, California, April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake

EBay recruits users in push against sales tax legislation

EBay Inc. Chief Executive John Donahoe began emailing millions of users of the company’s online marketplace on Sunday in an unprecedented lobbying effort to change looming Federal sales tax legislation.

Posted in National, News
Tagged ebay, legislation, sales tax, tax, users
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) (R) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) (L) hold a news conference on background checks for firearms on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED

Senators confident gun control measure will be heard

Two senators who brokered a breakthrough deal to expand background checks on gun buyers said they expected to defeat efforts to block the bill as the Senate takes up its first vote on gun-control legislation on Thursday.

Posted in News
Tagged background checks, gun control, legislation, senate, vote
Two Drexel Hill brothers are charged with running a marijuana ring that distributed hundreds of pounds of the drug in the Philadelphia area each month. (Metro File Photo.)

Medical marijuana: the personal

A U.S. Navy veteran in Woodstock, NY was unable to cope with day-to-day life when he returned from service, until he began using medical marijuana to treat his PTSD.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged albany, law, legislation, Medical Marijuana, nys senate, ptsd, veterans | Reply
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