Zera Lee

The Senate vote was 23 to 9. The House voted 114 to 46 to override earlier in the day, meaning the bill will immediately become law. In addition to the minimum wage provisions, the bill also prohibits local governments from banning plastic grocery bags or mandating benefits on employers such as vacation or sick leave. “Today is a loss for accountable, local governing,” said Kansas City Mayor Sly James.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman got a bunch of flak on Thursday, and rightly so, for saying that the public dollars that currently fund Planned Parenthood should instead go to "community health centers" that "provide the women's health needs that are legitimate"—implying, of course, that Planned Parenthood's services are not legitimate.

On October 8, 2014, VonDerrit Myers, who was beloved by his family and community, was shot and killed by off-duty St. Louis Police Officer Jason Flanery, who was working as a paid private patrolman. For the past year since Myers was murdered, nobody in the community has felt like the official police story added up.