Month: May 2018

Barbara Underwood Approved as State Attorney General; First Woman to Hold Post

May 22, 2018 - The New York Legislature voted on Tuesday to confirm Barbara D. Underwood as the state attorney general, officially making her the first woman to hold the post and filling the sudden vacancy left by Eric T. Schneiderman’s resignation after he was accused of violence against several romantic partners. Ms. Underwood, 73, was overwhelmingly...

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Texas and 6 Other States Sue to End DACA

May 1, 2018 - Following through on a months-old promise, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, leading a seven-state coalition against an Obama-era immigration measure that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants nationwide from deportation, including more than 120,000 in...

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20 States Seek to Block Obama’s Health Care Law

April 26, 2018 - Twenty Republican-led states are seeking to temporarily invalidate former President Barack Obama's health care law while their larger lawsuit against it proceeds. In a February suit, Texas and Wisconsin led a coalition arguing that the Affordable Care Act is no longer constitutional after the Republican-backed tax overhaul eliminated fines...

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