Out-of-state and out-of-touch groups announced their plans to put a Texas-style abortion ban on our own city election ballot this October in a first in the nation test of a new strategy to ban abortions city-by-city. Even though the city attorney has said it’s unconstitutional, they have an agenda to shame and judge Albuquerque’s women and make it impossible for New Mexico women to access safe and legal abortions. Every pregnancy is different and making a decision to end a pregnancy is a deeply personal and often complex for a woman and her family. The government has no role in these deeply personal decisions, but that isn’t stopping these out-of-state groups from trying. We respect Albuquerque’s women and that’s why we’re fighting so hard to stop this measure.

"In 1974 researchers at the Medical College of Virginia, funded by the National Institute of Health to find evidence that cannabis damages the immune system, found instead that cannabinoids slowed the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice - lung and breast cancer, and a virus induced leukemia." The results were censored and the rest is almost unbelievable! It wasn't until 2000 that Dr. Manuel Guzman of Complutense University in Madrid Spain rediscovered that cannabinoids do indeed shrink tumors. This information was also censored! However, many more studies now prove this incredible fact, but, we still don't hear about it! 1600 Americans die each and every day of cancer, many more suffer needlessly, and, the cost to our health care system is staggering. Cannabis is also proven to treat many, many other diseases yet the federal government still claims cannabis has no medicinal benefit even though before prohibition, cannabis was was the most widely prescribed medicine in the USA! Even colicky babies were treated with it! Pot Shrinks Tumors; Government Knew in '74 http://www.alternet.org/drugs/9257 The '74 study http://www.ukcia.org/research/AntineoplasticActivityOfCannabinoids/index.php Here is the 2000 study by Guzman, twenty six years later, over ten years ago, that proves the same. How sad! 1600 Americans a day!!! http://www.brainlife.org/reprint/2003/guzmán_m031000.pdf Or; http://herb.com/guzman.pdf And; "Cannabis destroys cancer cells... reveals research at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry" http://www.qmul.ac.uk/qmul/news/newsrelease.php?news_id=175 And; " Here, we review recent work that raises interest in the development and exploration of potent, nontoxic, and nonhabit forming cannabinoids for cancer therapy. http://m.cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/68/2/339.full Prior to becoming illegal in 1937, "cannabis tinctures, fluid extracts, and flowers" were the most commonly used medicines in the USA. Your great-grandparents would have used them! (This information was deleted from the pharmacopoeia in 1941) http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap4/Tincture.htm http://www.new-territory.net/cann_uses.txt There's so much more! Let's speak up! Kaneh bosm!

Rep. Steve King's (IA-R) ugly history of anti-immigrant rhetoric reached rock bottom this week after saying that some DREAMers have "calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert." Not only did he claim that for every valedictorian DREAMer there are 100 more carrying drugs across the border, but he then doubled-down by claiming that he didn't "yet know of anyone who has raised a logical argument against" his gross misstatement. Rep. King's attack is nothing new. Last year he compared immigrants to dogs, and then in an Univision interview claimed he meant it as a compliment. Last month he voted to defund DACA, called a group of DREAMers visiting his office "illegal aliens," compared it to an invasion, and then wondered why they hadn't been arrested yet. And now he's accusing those same young Americans of being drug runners. House leaders Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) quickly repudiated Rep. King's statements, but when pressed by a reporter about whether Rep. King would keep his seat on the powerful House Judiciary Committee, Speaker Boehner simply brushed off the question. We need House leaders who lead. Instead of elevating Republicans willing to engage in respectful debate, Speaker Boehner is giving Rep. King a platform to do nothing but spew his ugly views. We need Speaker Boehner to stand up to Rep. King and take control of his House. Tell Speaker Boehner that Rep. Steve King doesn't deserve a pedestal for hate. Remove Rep. Steve King from the powerful House Judiciary Committee now.

HB 24 suggests the encouragement of armed individuals to confront others knowing that they could legally use a firearm if they felt "threatened." The word threatened means many things to many people that adds to the vagueness of this law which can be extremely easy for misinterpretation by the public. Eliminating the duty to retreat (other than is someone is on their own property) will cause more violence than the law intends to prevent.

There are many people nationwide who have been unemployed longer than six months. Unfortunately, company hiring managers or recruiters admittedly disregard resumes or fail to interview based on unstable work histories. The use of this terminology represents being unemployed too long. This ambivalent practice stifles the optimism of securing equal employment opportunities for hundreds of thousands of individuals. Stop the omission of qualified individuals from having their livelihood stymied by unfair practices. Allow your opinion to be expressed!

I been falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted and wrongfully imprisoned yet I committed no crime & was found not guilty, this can be proven my wife also has been a victim of police rage and brutality. the public defenders office refuses to defend me or my wife at any level.I feel because I would not accept a plea deal and went to trial is the reason I was imprisoned as I said I never committed a crime and I was found not guilty by a jury. I'm asking if someone anyone would look at this case and see I was railroaded all because I would not plea to something I was not guilty of.me and my wife& daughters have been through 6 years of hell, the reason she's ITALIAN & AND I"m AFRICAN American.

Steve King has recently said that “For every one who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds, and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert... These people would be legalized with the same act.”. The GOP leadership has come out against his remarks, but they supported him when he introduced an amendment to defund DACA in the DHS appropriations bill. They need to stop the hypocrisy and stop this amendment form moving forward.

Raising the minimum wage would also restore the dignity of the middle and thus make for a more positive and productive state.

The CT Department of Children and Families needs to take a stand to preserve families as they are and support parents in their choices to obtain special education support services and alternative therapies that their children need to address emotional, social behavioral challenges. Parents should not have to waive their rights to decide on providers or treatments for their children or for themselves in order to have the school and department of children and families put public dollars to work with services in place. Parents have a right to choice of providers and programming in or out of state. The practice of committing children to state custody on neglect petitions in these situations in order to avoid the cost of providing relevant and timely services for children in the care of their parents must stop.

Larry Summers is being considered for Federal Reserve Chair, the single most important economic position in the country, which requires a quick review: When Larry Summers was Treasury Secretary, he was the foremost advocate of effectively repealing Glass-Steagall and passing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which led directly to the financial crash of 2008, nearly toppled the global economy and wreaked havoc at home. He then went on to a career of mismanaging Harvard so badly while behaving in such an openly sexist manner that he was forced out, before rejoining the White House Economic Council just in time to support a bailout for banks but not for homeowners. Our question for Larry as he considers taking the gig: Isn't killing the US economy once more than enough?

Fox 11 News has implemented an unfair contract on it's union workers and has cut their wages and benefits!

An Ohio woman returned from vacation to find that all of her belongings had been stolen, taken right out of her house. She knows who did it, but the local police aren't helping her. That's because Katie Barnett's stuff was not stolen by a burglar who slipped in under cover of darkness, but by a bank. First National Bank of Wellston foreclosed on her neighbor across the street—but got the wrong house, changed the locks and removed everything from Barnett's home. Meanwhile, the McArthur police chief has declared the case closed—even though Barnett doesn't have her stuff back and hasn't been paid. Katie estimates that she lost over $18,000 in personal property, itemized everything and has asked the bank to reimburse her. First National Bank has refused. Sign our petition to Eric Emmert, president and CEO of First National Bank of Wellston, demanding they reimburse a minimum of $18,000 to Katie Barnett.