US transportation secretary says he’ll revoke $160m from California over non-citizen truck licenses

Eva Spiegel, a spokesperson for the California department of motor vehicles, said the Trump administration "has no legitimate basis" to withhold federal highway transportation funds. 

"The federal government previously allowed commercial driver's licenses for asylum seekers and refugees and on September 26 announced emergency regulations to cease this practice that went into effect on September 29. California is in compliance with these regulations and will remain in compliance with federal law," Spiegel said via email...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/27/california-non-citizen-licenses

 

Judge strikes down license requirement for abortion providers

The Jackson county circuit court judge Jerri Zhang agreed to halt a number of those laws in December. But Zhang left in place a requirement that abortion clinics be licensed by the Missouri department of health and senior services – a policy that Planned Parenthood said in court papers was "medically unnecessary"...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/judge-strikes-down-licensing-requirement-abortion-providers-missouri

Book Publishers Won’t Stop Until Libraries Are Dead | Techdirt

Earlier this week there was finally a hearing in the case brought by the big book publishersto kill off libraries. That, of course, is not how the publishers describe the lawsuit, but it's absolutely what the lawsuit is about...

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/22/book-publishers-wont-stop-until-libraries-are-dead/

Texas to allow unlicensed carrying of handguns - BBC News

… The new measure would allow anyone aged 21 or older to carry a handgun unless they have past criminal convictions or legal restrictions on them...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57239610

The gun solution we're not talking about

Universal background checks won't fix America's gun crisis. But there's something else that might. https://youtu.be/ENw2y0ek1Jg

DC agency apologizes for asking out-of-town couple seeking marriage license to prove New Mexico is a state - The Hill

A District of Columbia government agency issued an apology this week after a couple from New Mexico applying for a marriage license was forced to prove that New Mexico is part of the United States. .....
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/419099-dc-bureau-apologizes-after-couple-forced-to-prove-to-clerk-new

Voting Rights Roundup: Michigan college students sue over GOP's thinly veiled voter suppression law - Daily Kos

 Michigan: Democratic students at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University have filed a federal lawsuit against Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson over a state election law that requires voters to register at the address on their driver's license, even if that address doesn't match their residence at school. .....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1792463....

Inmates who learn trades are often blocked from jobs. Now something's being done - NBC News:

Half the states bar ex-cons from getting the occupational licences they need to re-enter the workforce. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say it doesn't make sense. ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/inmates-who-learn-trades-are-often-blocked-jobs-now-something-n877666

Tennessee GOP kill bill to ban child marriage | TheHill

State House Republicans in Tennessee on Wednesday effectively killed a bill to ban child marriages in an effort to bolster a conservative lawyer’s case against the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage. The bill called for the state to ban marriages where one of the parties is under 18 years old....

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/377367-tennessee-gop-kill-ban-on-child-marriage

The FCC says a space startup launched four tiny satellites into orbit without permission - The Verge

Swarm Technologies reportedly didn't get a license ....
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/10/17102888/the-fcc-says-a-space-startup-launched-four-tiny-satellites-into-orbit-without-permission

Same-Sex-Marriage Flashpoint: Alabama Considers Quitting The Marriage Business : NPR

Couples – gay or straight — looking for a marriage license in Pike County, Ala. won't get one from local probate judge Wes Allen. "We have not issued any marriage licenses since Feb. 9, 2015," Allen says.....
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/27/588834254/same-sex-marriage-flashpoint-alabama-considers-getting-out-of-the-marriage-busin?mc_cid=4d041daa2d&mc_eid=077f8ff121

Trump Threatens Networks That Report Critical Stories of Him -- Mother Jones

President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated the idea of targeting the licenses of TV networks that report "fake news" about him. His tweet came just hours after NBC reported that the president wanted to dramatically increase the United States' nuclear arsenal—a suggestion that reportedly alarmed Pentagon officials and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/trump-threatens-networks-that-report-critical-stories-of-him/

Oklahoma only needs a signature from its governor to revoke licenses of doctors that perform abortions – Blooms Mag

The bill would not apply to abortions performed to save a mother's life, although the bill lacks similar exceptions abortions performed in cases of rape or incest....
http://bloomsmag.com/oklahoma-only-needs-a-signature-from-its-governor-to-revoke-licenses-of-doctors-that-perform-abortions/

Texas Bill Would Revoke Medical Licenses of Doctors Who Perform Abortions

A measure proposed in the special session would ban physicians from providing almost all abortions....
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-bill-would-revoke-medical-license-of-doctors-who-perform-abortions/