Reacting to Newtown, Cerberus Capital Management announces plan to divest its ownership interest in major gun manufacturer holding company.
More on the harrowing ambush, kidnapping, and subsequent firefight that NBC’s Richard Engel and his crew endured in Syria.
Michigan Gov’s approval collapses after ‘right-to-work’ flip flop.
Vice President Joe Biden swears in Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) as president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate.
A lot of talk in the days since the Newtown massacre about what could and should be done in response, but in Colorado some real, tangible public policy action that is hard to argue with:
Colorado would streamline involuntary mental health commitments and speed that information to gun-sale registries as part of a comprehensive, $18.5 million psychiatric overhaul aimed at preventing future violence and improving care in a package of proposals announced by Gov. John Hickenlooper Tuesday.
Mental health advocates in the state hailed what they say is a desperately-needed bolstering of emergency psychiatric services and laws. They said civil commitments could be simplified while still protecting patient rights, and that the spending package to increase emergency beds and evaluations is the right approach.
In contrast to the smart approach Colorado is taking, Tennessee is considering arming teachers.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) reportedly will veto the bill already on his desk that would allow concealed carry in schools.
There’s still a lot we don’t understand about the way dark money groups did business in the run-up to the election. But details continue to trickle out about one Arizona group that acted as the middleman for millions of dollars in political spending. Here’s the latest turn.