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On Aug. 5, New York will become the 14th U.S. state to legalize Medical Aid in Dying, or MAID.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Barstool was humming and Portnoy had his first Nantucket house when state legislatures began to legalize online gambling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Polymarket has an advantage there: U.S. states with the highest Hispanic populations, namely Texas and California, have yet to legalize traditional sports betting.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Part of the rationale to legalize sports gambling was that professional athletes make so much money that they wouldn’t be tempted by bribes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

When word of Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation reached the Hermitage, all of the newly freed people were told they must legalize their marriages.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill that effectively legalizes the cryptocurrency sector in the country.

From The Verge ● Mar. 17, 2022

A new Polish law took effect Tuesday that legalizes the pushbacks.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

Supreme Court a year ago overturned a 1992 federal ban on sports wagering outside of Nevada, states have passed legislation that legalizes, regulates and taxes the activity.

From Reuters ● May 14, 2019

President Trump is soon expected to sign a farm bill that includes a section that legalizes the commercial cultivation of hemp nationwide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2018

The act legalizes the deportation of people suspected of having “ties to terrorism.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Marriage equality was legalized in all 50 states by the Supreme Court 11 years ago in Obergefell v.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

The state’s supremacy in the sports-betting space is also noteworthy because New York only legalized online sports wagering in 2022.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

Since California had legalized the procedure decades earlier, Seymour reasoned that he should respect women’s choices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Cuba's housing market emerged only in 2011, when the government legalized home sales.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Du Bois praised and embraced Washington’s emphasis on “thrift, patience, and industrial training for the masses,” but sharply disagreed with his public acceptance of segregation, disenfranchisement, and legalized discrimination.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Bass proposed legalizing vacation rentals in her budget this year, though the proposal was removed from the budget by the City Council.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

In 2025, Texas passed bills legalizing housing on commercially zoned land and subdivisions of starter homes, which were rendered difficult or illegal to build by municipal zoning laws, large lot requirements, or other design requirements.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Emboldened by a federal judge’s 2024 ruling legalizing election betting, Kalshi introduced sports betting earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025

But then he surprised everyone by swiftly legalizing political parties, appointing the reformist Adolfo Suárez as prime minister, and overseeing the creation of a new democratic constitution.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2025

And indeed, those early- legalizing states saw crime begin to fall earlier than the other forty-five states and the District of Columbia.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt