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Washington: Supreme Court

Harry Reid weighs in on Alabama voting rights case

3 months, 15 days ago

(AP) WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid weighed in Friday on an upcoming Supreme Court case that could prove pivotal in determining whether campaigns for voter ID laws proliferate. Reid filed a friend of the court brief in Shelby County, Ala. v. ...

County considers competing proposals for investigating fatal shootings by police

5 months, 14 days ago

(AP) After two hours of debate, county commissioners on Tuesday agreed to consider two proposals that attempt to change the coroner’s inquest, which is an airing of the facts after deadly police shootings. One proposal includes witnesses and a cross-examination by ...

Sandoval calls on Congress to reform health care law to ease burden on states

10 months, 23 days ago

(AP) Obama health care law survives Supreme Court review Governor, lawmakers to decide Medicaid expansion for low-income Nevadans Obama sees vindication in ruling; Romney vows to repeal health care law Nevada health care at a glance The fight against the national ...

Obama health care law survives Supreme Court review

10 months, 23 days ago

(AP) Download a .pdf of the Supreme Court ruling Governor, lawmakers to decide Medicaid expansion for low-income Nevadans Obama sees vindication in ruling; Romney vows to repeal health care law Nevada health care at a glance President Barack Obama’s health care ...

Number of U.S. illegal immigrants from Mexico drops

1 year ago

(AP) The number of Mexican immigrants living illegally in the U.S. has dropped significantly for the first time in decades, a dramatic shift as many illegal workers, already in the U.S. and seeing few job opportunities, return to Mexico.An analysis of ...

Pilot plans insanity defense in Las Vegas flight disruption

1 year ago

(AP) AMARILLO, Texas — A JetBlue Airways captain accused of disrupting a flight when he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists plans to use an insanity defense at trial. An attorney for Clayton F. Osbon filed a motion Wednesday ...

Federal official tells state lawmakers no 'contingency plan' if health care law is overturned

1 year, 1 month ago

(AP) CARSON CITY - A federal official says there is no contingency plan if President Barack Obama’s health care law is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Herb K. Schultz, regional director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...

How a loss on health care might affect President Obama's reelection chances

1 year, 1 month ago

(AP) One of the problems for President Barack Obama’s re-election effort is his presidency has so far resulted in few accomplishments that really excite his base. He took office amid sky-high expectation from Democrats who believed he, and the Democrats controlling ...

Supreme Court on health care law: Can you take the heart and leave everything else?

1 year, 1 month ago

(AP) Harry Reid disputes court is sympathetic to health care law opponents (3-27-2012) Supreme Court, attorneys seem eager to debate health care law on first day of arguments (3-26-2012) Health care law: Legal challenge hinges on wheat, pot farmers, tax collection ...

Harry Reid disputes court is sympathetic to health care law opponents

1 year, 1 month ago

(AP) The Supreme Court isn’t expected to render its decision on the health care law until June. But few, especially among those who would like to see the law overturned, could restrain themselves from trying to predict the verdict Tuesday, after ...

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