California finds new gun laws are much easier to pass than enact

David McNew / Stringer / Getty Images For advocates of stricter gun laws, a sweeping package of new legislation signed by California’s governor in July 2016 — and a similar set of measures approved by the state’s voters in a referendum four months later — served as rare bright spots in a year that they […]

Illinois is set to be the third state to enact laws against ‘scam artists who exploit’ desperate student loan borrowers

Mark Wilson/Getty Images The student loan crisis is starting to feel a lot like the housing crisis of the last decade, warns Illinois State Attorney General Lisa Madigan — a swelling economic disaster with millions of fragile borrowers unable to get timely help or good advice. If that seems like an overstatement of the situation […]