Voter Initiatives News

At The Apothecarium, a quaintly upscale medical marijuana club in San Francisco's Castro District, the vibe is even jollier than usual this month. To boost holiday spirits, the dispensary is... more

The Dutch government says it is delaying plans to ban tourists from buying marijuana until at least May 2012.Under the country's famed tolerance policy, marijuana is technically illegal but police... more

A bill imposing the most stringent abortion limit in the nation has been put on hold in Ohio after backers who had defended its constitutionality for almost a year asked for a pile of last-minute... more

A doctor charged with severing the spinal cords of babies born alive at his abortion clinic also wrote thousands of illegal prescriptions for painkillers and sedatives out of the now-closed... more

An Oregon state trooper says he was giving chase at more than 100 mph when suspects in the car ahead ripped open half-pound bags of marijuana and began flinging it out of the window.Trooper Clay... more

Opponents of an Ohio bill banning abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat told senators Tuesday the measure is unconstitutional, radical and cruel and would effectively ban abortion in... more

The wife of a disgraced doctor on Tuesday admitted performing an illegal late-term abortion at her husband's clinic, a now-shuttered facility that authorities described as a filthy "house of... more

A group wants to ask Arizona voters to allow gambling at private casinos and racetracks.The 50-page initiative was filed with the state Friday, but a leader of the effort says a revised version... more

Abortion does not increase a woman's chance of developing mental health problems, according to a British health agency's review of dozens of studies worldwide over 20 years.Among women with... more

An Ohio lawmaker on Wednesday touted the importance of the fetal heartbeat as an indicator of life as he urged a legislative panel to support a bill that would impose the nation's most stringent... more

Sheldon Adelson, the world's richest casino executive and chief of the industry's largest publicly traded company, says he opposes online gambling because he doesn't believe available technology... more

The practice of sex-selection abortion, usually targeting a female fetus due to parental preference for a son, has few defenders in the United States. Yet a proposed federal ban is drawing... more

A major Las Vegas casino operator planned to visit the home of the New England Patriots at the invitation of the team's owner, Robert Kraft, to gauge interest in a potential resort on land the... more

Authorities say a central Florida man was arrested after jokingly trying to buy drugs at a Burger King drive-thru.The Volusia County Sheriff's Office reports that 32-year-old Shawn Porter and a... more

The last of seven defendants in a $3 million scheme to ship marijuana to Ohio in suitcases has been sentenced to nine months in prison.Los Angeles resident Henry Hernandez must also serve nine... more

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking the agency to reclassify marijuana so doctors can... more

A 2006 Big Sky Conference championship ring belonging to a former University of Montana quarterback was seized in a series of raids on medical marijuana providers this month.Federal agents... more

Authorities have arrested a man they suspect was the pilot of a small plane abandoned at a small Southeast Texas airstrip with about 100 pounds of marijuana onboard.A Waller County Sheriff's... more

A small plane abandoned with about 100 pounds of marijuana onboard after skidding off the runway at a small private airstrip was recently sold at auction or in an estate sale following the death... more

Authorities hunted Monday night for the pilot and possible other occupants of a twin-engine plane carrying a large amount of marijuana that skidded off a runway at an airport west of Houston.John... more

Native American tribes said Thursday they want their share of the jobs and revenue if online gambling is allowed in the U.S, but they don't want to lose their sovereignty to get it.Internet... more

A woman who had no medical training but worked at what authorities describe as a filthy Philadelphia abortion clinic that performed illegal late-term abortions has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and... more

A woman initially hired to clean instruments at a Philadelphia abortion clinic has pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree murder in the deaths of a newborn baby and a woman who died after an... more

Defying Mississippi's conservative reputation, women voters appeared to lead the charge against a ballot measure that sought to ban abortion, and could've made some birth control illegal and... more

Attorneys for medical marijuana advocates on Monday sought a temporary restraining order to put a stop to a federal crackdown on California pot dispensaries, claiming the effort by the state's... more