Missouri teams to petition for legal sports betting ballot initiative

Missouri's professional sports teams announced Friday that they have started a petition to legalize sports betting on the November ballot. The initiative is an attempt to circumvent the Missouri Senate, where bills to allow sports betting have repeatedly stalled. Missouri is one of just 12 states where sports betting remains illegal, more than five years […]
Appeals court grants MD petition for full court to consider gun licensing law

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown on Thursday asked the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to consider the state's handgun permit law, which was struck down by a three-judge panel in November. He announced that he had granted Maryland's request for consideration. Maryland attorney general asks court to reconsider after ruling invalidating handgun permit law […]