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Since the law passed in 2018, the share of women on boards has increased from 15.5% to 29%. CALIFORNIA, USA — Something new happened in boardrooms across California last year: More women joined the governing bodies of public companies than men, according to a recent report from California Partners Project, a statewide organization that advocates for gender equity. The shift has been noticeab...

Supreme Court Decides Fate of Municipal Water Law (PDF) - On October 28, 2010 the Washington State Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Municipal Water Law. The Court upheld all the sections of the MWL challenged in Lummi Indian Nation v. State, holding that they do not violate the separation of powers, and do not facially violate the right to due process. We created this page ...

The Utah State Capitol and the Church Office Building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is pictured in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you...

In a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Clearview Al Inc. faces allegations that it uses facial recognition technology that violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The complaint alleged that Clearview scraped over three billion images from various social media platforms and other online sources to create a facia...

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a law banning mask mandates in public schools, but districts have until March 1 to comply. Rockingham County made masks optional starting Thursday. Page and Shenandoah Counties made the transition to optional masking on Jan. 24, and Augusta County made the change Monday, Feb. 14. In Harrisonburg City Schools, leaders said...

During Black History Month, The Hub is spotlighting former students of Dallas ISD in our Legacy of Learning series. “When you open your heart and mind to differences, your worldview will expand and you’ll learn so much about how very similar we all truly are.” ~Jennifer R. Hudson Tell us about your journey as a Dallas ISD student. I started school as a kindergartner at R.L. Thornton Elementa...

Signed in November, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), will provide more than $1 trillion in public investment. One core component of the legislation: addressing the country’s aging water system. Much of the nation’s water infrastructure was built decades ago. Leaking water has become an issue—some water systems report water-loss...

Trading track shoes for a law degree, Dunbar Attorney Joe North represents his communityTrading track shoes for a law degree, Dunbar Attorney Joe North represents his communityCONNECTING... Attorney Joe Jorth is affectionately called the “Black Mayor of Fort Myers” or the “Senator of Dunbar” by those in his community. He’s humbled by the accolades but says he just wants to uplift the communit...

Concordia police say a Nebraska man and a woman from Texas were arrested after shots were fired during a police chase through the north central Kansas town. LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A man from Nebraska and a woman from Texas are jailed after shots were fired during a police chase in the north central Kansas town of Concordia, police said. The chase began Wednesday afternoon after Concordia poli...

For patients seeking abortions in Texas, services have been drastically reduced. In surrounding states, wait times are increasing because of an influx of new patients. More Stories From NPR Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks NPR thanks our sponsors Become an NPR sponsor