Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order Friday restoring voting rights to people convicted of felonies. In Virginia, the law barring felons from voting dates back to the Civil War; the governor said today that the state “cannot achieve its full potential until all men and women are eligible for…
In a sign that other states are looking at North Carolina and thinking, “Oh hell no we don’t want any of that,” Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order today barring discrimination in state services based on sexual orientation. However, the order leaves an exemption for “churches and religious…
Just kidding, the President’s not coming for your guns, but he did announce a series of executive actions Tuesday morning to possibly make them slightly harder to purchase than a pack of Sudafed, paired with stricter background checks and expanded mental health funding. Cue the freakout!
