Politics Law

As we near the presidential election do you really know how presidential politics is funded … I was wrong. Under the law the FEC can only police some of the contributions — specifically those that go directly into the politician’s … Continue reading →

AUSTIN — The president’s new policy allows certain young undocumented immigrants to apply for a legal work permit without facing … nearly unanimously in favor of HB 1403, signed into law by Governor Rick Perry, allowing certain undocumented …

“It’s clearly a political calculation … medical marijuana users or suppliers in states where it’s legal, despite the state laws contradicting federal law. Federal law generally trumps state law in such matters.

The policy change will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants … border security measures before they will consider changes in immigration law. Romney opposes offering legal status to illegal immigrants who attend college but has said he would do so … Continue reading →

A: That would settle the legal argument, but not the political battle. The clear winners if the law is upheld and allowed to take full effect would be uninsured people in the United States, estimated at more than 50 million. … Continue reading →

President Barack Obama’s new policy to allow some young undocumented immigrants to remain in the country without fear of deportation adds a new level of complication to Arizona’s controversial immigration law Senate Bill 1070. But legal experts …

A: That would settle the legal argument, but not the political battle. The clear winners if the law is upheld and allowed to take full effect would be uninsured people in the United States, estimated at more than 50 million. … Continue reading →

Obama’s new policy will give some … will compete with Americans and legal immigrants for jobs. Brewer, who recently ordered police regulators to re-issue training material on implementing the Arizona law, said state officials will study …

Obama’s new policy will give some illegal … and will compete with Americans and legal immigrants for jobs. Brewer, who recently ordered police regulators to re-issue training material on implementing the Arizona law, said state officials will study …

The Mashpee Wampanoag moved swiftly to take advantage of a provision in the state’s new gaming law that gives a leg up to a federally … director of the Center for Policy Analysis at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.