NationStates Jolt Archive

((OOC and IC questions and comments welcome))

22 January 2007

*Danaan Parliament rejects a bill banning signs of religious affiliation by students from public schools
*Danaan Parliament votes to increase Government program to benefit the elderly
*Danaan Parliament votes to cut taxes across the board
*Commonwealth General Assembly votes to give the Commonwealth Health Organization a substantial grant to combat depression through support and public awareness programs
*Commonwealth General Assembly votes to increase aid to poorer Members
*Commonwealth General Assembly publishes Declaration on the Freedom of Information largely preventing any serious efforts to regulate the internet
*Commonwealth General Assembly votes to expand student exchange programs coordinated through the Commonwealth
*Nabarran Constituent Cortes votes to place tolls on roads leading into Madero Cabello during peak hours
*Nabarran Constituent Cortes passes stricter child labor laws
*Nabarran Constituent Cortes rejects an anti-discrimination bill which implicitly recognized the existence of distinct nations within Nabarro Abarca
*Lanerian Congress passes legislation making it possible for drunk drivers whose actions result in fatalities to be charged with homicide
*Nabarran Constituent Cortes passes a mandatory retreat law for victims of violence
*Gandara adds the Animal Liberation Brigade to its list of terrorist organizations
*Gandara begins public funding for VODAIS treatment and begins supplying free condoms at Government clinics and public schools
*Jagiellan Parliament passes law holding parents partially responsible for the crimes of minor children
*Gandaran Parliament passes bill protecting the right of women to breastfeed in public places
*Kagerlund sanctions and liscenses the Kagerlund Principality Motor Racing League
*Rainer Lachkovics, chief political advisor to the First Minister of Kagerlund, forced to resign over workplace sex scandal
*Finaran Dail passes a law mandating referenda in certain select circumstances
*Finaran Dail votes to keep prostitution illegal

24 January 2007

*Treaty of St. Casimir revises Treaty of New Amsterdam, creating a Commonwealth Secretariat but leaving the division of responsibility and authority between the Secretariat and the Commission largely unclear
*Danaan Parliament passes a series of measures giving Danaan law enforcement tools to help apprehend serial killers
*Danaan Parliament votes more funding for genetic research
*Danaan Parliament passes privacy protection law strictly banning phone taps without a legitimately obtained warrant
*Danaan Parliament denies state funding to athletics
*Commonwealth General Assembly votes funding to the Order of the Falcon
*The Lanerian State of Salliane votes for a public disaster warning system, including public loudspeakers
*Lanerian State of Aravana creates a rating system for video games
*Nabarran Constituent Cortes passes stricter anti-squatting law
*Gandara legislates mandatory alcohol abuse counseling for convicted drunk drivers
*Gandara bans corporal punishment in schools, public and private
*King of Marlund grants a number of life-peerages on the Prime Minister's recommendation during a visit to Lutherstadt
*Kagerlund legally bans affirmative action on the basis of sex
*Finara creates a network of publically owned and maintained hiking trails, largely using historic paths formerly owned by local landowners
*Finara fluoridates drinking water