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(COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) — The Biden Administration wants to make making and selling beer, wine, and spirits easier for smaller operators. Among its targets: state-level franchise laws, which beermakers say can be a hindrance to their ability to do business, mainly by restricting the ability to change distributors if they’re unhappy with their partner. Ohio has one of those laws, as Columbus...

Opponents of Texas’ highly restrictive new abortion law lost another fight last month when the U.S. Supreme Court again declined to intervene in their ongoing battle against it. The new law, passed as Senate Bill 8 but known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, banned abortions statewide after six weeks of pregnancy as of last September. The case is currently before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...

(AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (WHTM) — PennDOT, state police officers and Penn State Health’s Life Lion Program are on a mission to promote safe driving. Leaders from each organization came together to highlight driver safety laws and remind people behind the wheel to protect themselves and others. In the state, preliminary data shows deaths on the roadways in 2021 increase by as much as 10%. Th...

A California agency is asking a judge to include contingent workers in a harassment lawsuit against computer game company Activision Blizzard, Bloomberg Law reported. A judge is set to hear arguments today and experts say the ruling will have wide-ranging implications for the broader tech workforce.

Judge James C. Ho veered off course in a Tuesday speech at Georgetown Law School, delivering a staunch defense of law professor Ilya Shapiro, who came under fire last month for criticizing the president's choice to only consider black women for the next open Supreme Court seat, according to a report. “If Ilya Shapiro is deserving of cancellation, then you should go ahead and cancel me too," h...

Authorities are expected to announce the arrests of several members of a reputed South Florida street gang on racketeering charges. A joint news conference involving multiple county, state and federal law enforcement agencies was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the West Palm Beach Police Department. West Palm Beach police spokesman Mike Jachles said Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Ar...

A doctors group representing more than 17,000 physicians filed a complaint last week against the University of California, Davis for violating animal protection laws and conducting harmful research on monkeys in a program funded by Neuralink, a company co-founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine announced on Feb. 10 that it filed the complaint with ...

Dog walkers in Anchorage’s South Addition neighborhood in February. South Addition has one of the highest concentrations of ADUs in the city, but it also is one of the most desirable neighborhoods due to its proximity to downtown and the Coastal Trail. Advocates say incentivizing ADU construction could let more people live in the neighborhood. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Sandra Syrup li...

Knox County's top lawyer told school board members Betsy Henderson and Kristi Kristy that he won't hire private attorneys to help the district lift a mask requirement in schools; that even if he did, it wouldn't be helpful; and that the two can't act on behalf of the board. Law Director David Buuck sent a letter Monday to Henderson and Kristy in response to a letter they sent last week askin...

Newswise — To help address the many challenges facing the nation with respect to mass incarceration, rising gun violence, and more, The University of Baltimore School of Law has created a Center for Criminal Justice Reform (CCJR). The CCJR, led by faculty director Professor David Jaros and executive director Heather Warnken, will support community-driven efforts to improve public safety and a...