states

Home goods seller Wayfair and other e-commerce companies had attempted to challenge a South Dakota law that levies taxes on purchases made through certain online retailers.

Supreme Court Ruling Means Some Online Purchases Will Cost More

6:27pm June 21, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

States will reap billions after a major ruling that says states may now impose sales taxes on Internet retailers, even ones out of state and with no physical presence in the state.

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Joseph and Maria Caruso vote inside the Early Vote Center in downtown Minneapolis on Oct. 5, 2016. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Minnesota law that prohibited voters from wearing politically themed items inside polling places.

Supreme Court Delivers TKO Win On Political Apparel Ban

6:55pm June 14, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The high court on Thursday struck down Minnesota's broad ban on "political" apparel inside polling places. But justices said similar, more narrowly written laws in other states are likely fine.

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Wes Morosky, owner of Duke's Sport Shop. left, helps Ron Detka as he shops for a rifle at his store in New Castle, Penn.

Education

Trump's Plan To Secure Schools Calls For Arming Teachers, Improving Background Checks

11:15pm March 11, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The White House is endorsing a plan that would allow teachers and other school employees to be armed. It does not call for higher age limits for would-be gun buyers.

U.S. artist Ryan Mendoza poses for a photo next to the former house of Afro-American human rights figure Rosa Parks on Mendoza's property on April 6, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Mendoza bought the house, which was slated for demolition in Detroit, took it ap

This Week In Race: A House That Flew Over The Ocean And A Man Who Didn't Get To Fly

5:22am April 14, 2017

You could say it's been a pretty turbulent week on the race beat.

A number of individual state bar associations have had bans against sexist language and harassment, but such behavior had not previously been banned at a national level.

National

Don't Call Me 'Darling': American Bar Association Bans Sexist Language

12:26pm August 11, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The bar has passed a resolution prohibiting conduct that lawyers should "know or reasonably know" is harassment or discrimination, following the lead of many U.S. states.

A statue of Mormon pioneer leader Brigham Young at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Temple in Salt Lake City.

National

It's Pie And Beer (And Pioneer) Day In Utah!

2:58pm July 24, 2015

by Elizabeth Miller

Friday honors the arrival of Mormon settlers at Salt Lake Valley in 1847 while non-Mormons celebrate Pie and Beer Day. Thirty-seven other states also celebrate these unique holidays.