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Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent Indicted in Death of Jerry Brown

4 months ago

The player could face up to 20 years in prison and $10,000 fine.

Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent has been formally indicted on an intoxication manslaughter charge in the Dec. 8 death of his teammate and best friend Jerry Brown. The second-degree felonycarries a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted. Brent is accused of driving on a suspended license and with a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit in Texas, when he crashed his car with Brown as a passenger on Dec. 8. Brown was pronounced dead at a Dallas hospital. (Dallas Morning News)

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Tax Increase Initiative Passed in California

6 months ago

Prop 30 will raise taxes on wealthy

Tax increase initiative Prop 30 has passed in California. The $6 billion-a-year package would increase taxes on those making more than $250,000 for the next seven years, and would raise the sales tax by a quarter of a cent for the next four years. Governor Jerry Brown argued the package was needed to prevent cuts to the state’s public schools and universities. “I know a lot of people had some doubts and some questions: Can you really go to the people and ask them to vote for a tax? Here we are. We have a vote of the people, I think the only state in the country that says, ‘Let’s raise our taxes, for our kids for our schools, and for our California dream," Brown said at a rally for supporters Tuesday night. (Politico)

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California First State to Ban Gay Teen ‘Conversion’ Therapy

7 months ago

Officials, doctors say practice has no basis in science or medicine

Gov. Jerry Brown over the weekend signed legislation that makes California the nation’s first state to ban the controversial (and reportedly harmful) psychotherapy aimed at making day teenagers straight. Mental health specialists will be prohibited from practicing conversion therapy on anyone under the age of 18. “[Conversion therapies] have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery,” Brown said in a statement. A number of leading gay rights groups and state mental health associations, including the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, supported the legislation. The National Association for Research and Therapy on Homosexuality, which supports the therapy, called the bill "legislative overreach" after its passage in August. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1. (Associated Press)

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