Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Monday signed legislation that will allow Missouri state officials to develop carbon dioxide pollution standards that are less rigid than those mandated by federal guidelines. The signing of the bill coincided [AP...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday released the Clean Power Plan proposal at the direction of President Barack Obama . The plan will, for the first time, cut carbon pollution from existing power...
Federal appeals court sides with EPA on postponing acid rain regulations
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was justified in its decision to defer adopting new air quality standards for pollutants...
North Carolina governor allows anti-Sharia bill to become law
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Sunday allowed a bill that prohibits North Carolina judges from considering Islamic law in their decisions to become law. House Bill 522 prevents courts from applying foreign law in...
Federal judge permanently blocks Oklahoma amendment banning Islamic law
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on Thursday permanently blocked an Oklahoma amendment banning courts from using international or Islamic law. The constitutional amendment would...
Federal judge dismisses mosque surveillance lawsuit to protect state secrets
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against the FBI alleging that it illegally directed its agents to spy on Muslim communities. Judge Cormac...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Friday signed a bill into law that prohibits state courts, tribunals and agencies from basing any decisions "in whole or in part" on foreign or religious law. The law...
American-Muslims sue federal agencies over improper religious questioning
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) announced Friday the filing of a lawsuit against three US agencies over the repeated detention and questioning of Muslims about their religious beliefs and practices...
Tenth Circuit upholds ruling blocking Oklahoma Islamic law ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday unanimously upheld a ruling blocking the implementation of an Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would have prohibited state courts from considering Islamic and...
