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A task force of eight Eastside law enforcement agencies, as well as the King County Sheriff’s Office, will pool their resources to address a surge in catalytic converter thefts across the region, according to a Bellevue Police Department blog post. Last year, the sheriff’s office alone received 1,425 reports of stolen catalytic converters, a fivefold increase from the 285 reports the office r...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A new ordinance in Pasco County lays out new rules for pedestrians and drivers, in an effort to crack down on panhandling. County commissioners say people asking for donations are creating safety issues, so now both groups could face hefty fines if they don't abide. Anyone who's driven on U.S. 19 in New Port Richey has likely seen panhandlers in the median or in the mi...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Four local law enforcement personnel were recognized at Tuesday’s Coastal Carolina Shields Law Enforcement Officer of the Year awards for their work in solving a 2016 murder. Fifteenth District Solicitor’s Office prosecutor Nancy Livesay, Horry County Police detectives Greg Lent and David Dudley, and Myrtle Beach police Lt. Tony Allen were all honored for their wor...

Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law will remain in place, at least for the near future, despite a state judge’s order that would have made it expire in two weeks, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The justices issued a one-paragraph order that overturned a Feb. 16 decision by Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt that would have pulled the plug on the state’s 2-year-old votin...

kvia SANTA FE, New Mexico - Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill into law on Tuesday guaranteeing raises for thousands of teachers across New Mexico. "This raise is a ray of hope," said Terry Claar, an English teacher at Centennial High School with 23 years of experience in education. "I think it’s a start. It needs to go further.” Claar told ABC-7 that she's seen colleague after co...

WATERVILLE — A new state law that levies a 7% tax on capital gains exceeding $250,000 was ruled invalid Tuesday in Douglas County Superior Court. Judge Brian Huber's decision ruled the law violates the “uniformity and limitation requirements” of the state constitution. Brian Huber The bill was approved by lawmakers in early 2021 and in April the Freedom Foundation, a conservative advocacy gro...

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether the state’s civil rights law protects LGBTQ people against discrimination, even though the Legislature has never specifically enumerated that in the statute. At issue is a 2018 Michigan Civil Rights Commission interpretation of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. It says the state law protects LGBTQ people from discriminatio...

McGarvey, Neal announce filing of legislation for hate crime law in Kentucky  WDRB

Justice Wiley W. Manuel ’53 UC Hastings College of the Law is proud to announce that its new Center for Scholarly Publications will be named in honor of Justice Wiley W. Manuel ‘53, the first African American Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of California. This announcement was timed to honor Justice Manuel during Black History Month, for his contributions to California including his se...

This blog is the second in a municipal law series on all things roads. Property issues involving roads are fact specific and require an analysis of the facts and circumstances of your situation. This blog addresses the issue of road maintenance where you know the road is a private road. If you live on a private road, you may be familiar with the struggles to maintain that road. In some cases,...