April 2019

Senator accuses popular trampoline parks of "trying to hide" deaths and injuries

Submitted by jsnyder_cms on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 15:38

From CBS News: 4/17/2019.

"Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to regulate trampoline parks amid mounting concern over their risks. A California police officer filed a lawsuit last week after he was temporarily paralyzed at a trampoline park outside San Francisco in 2013."

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You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead.

Submitted by jsnyder_cms on Mon, 04/08/2019 - 10:34

From USA TODAY: 4/4/2019.

"A two-year investigation by USA TODAY, The Arizona Republic  and the Center for Public Integrity reveals for the first time the extent to which special interests have infiltrated state legislatures using model legislation."

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