Published: Sep 14, 2017, 12:16 pm • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 12:16 pm By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Miss. — A white Mississippi police officer who was recorded telling a black motorist that he could shoot into the car if the man failed to keep his hands on the steering wheel has been placed on…

WASHINGTON — FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs. Those employers and many others are quietly taking what once would have been a radical step: They’re dropping marijuana from the drug tests…

Published: Feb 6, 2018, 1:39 pm • Updated: Feb 6, 2018, 4:46 pm By John Aguilar, The Denver Post What started off last spring as an effort by an Aurora Girl Scout troop to take on a social service project turned into passage Monday of Colorado’s first ban on smoking in a vehicle while children…

Published: Oct 16, 2017, 2:14 pm • Updated: Oct 16, 2017, 2:34 pm By Karl Richter, Texarkana Gazette TEXARKANA, Ark. — As Dr. Joseph Parker sees it, he has little choice except to prescribe medical marijuana — even though doing so may raise some eyebrows in Texarkana, Ark. “I was reluctant initially to agree to…

Published: Aug 1, 2017, 10:39 am • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 12:33 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is introducing a comprehensive bill on Tuesday to deschedule marijuana, provide incentives for states to legalize, and create mechanisms to address racial justice concerns. The federal prohibition of marijuana has had…