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DES MOINES, Iowa — A grassroots group is pushing voting rights legislation at the Statehouse. On Monday, the League of Women Voters of Iowa plans to present a petition signed by more than 5,000 Iowans to lawmakers asking them to repeal sections of a law passed last year that impacts elections. Senate File 413 reduced the number of days absentee ballots can be accepted at the polls, setting th...

The Kazakhstan Parliament building in Astana (msykos, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kazakh_Parliament_Astana.jpg) The Kazakhstan Parliament approved in September 2021 a draft law to restrict the use of foreign social media. The bill is ostensibly designed to protect children and prevent cyberbullying. But the law also offers a tool for the government, already infamous for its persec...

Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUSF: Florida house proposal would pull funding from school districts that defied DeSantis’ mask mandate. “Committee chair Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, proposed taking money away from districts (including Alachua County) that sparred with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his mask mandate ban. The money ...

Louisiana could receive up to $73.4 million for electric vehicle chargers under a new infrastructure law. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that nearly $5 billion would be made available to states under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. The law, established by the Biden Administration, would build out a national electric vehicle ch...

What You Need to Know Pandemic-fueled court delays are especially problematic for sexual harassment lawsuits. Parties are opting for arbitration or mediation to speed up a resolution. But mediators are backed up as a result. Welcome to Labor of Law, our labor and employment dispatch spotlighting key issues and developing trends. Thanks for reading, and we’d love your feedback. Please email...

From: The Bottom Line After months of wrangling, the former president handed over some of his memos and letters – so what is the problem? Show more

Heading to the NL West, Keith Law continues his annual deep dive into the top 20 prospects in all 30 MLB organizations. This includes full reports on each of the top-ranked players, additional notable names to be aware of, and highlights of the expected impact of this season with a predicted riser and faller. Already released was Law’s Top 100 Prospects for 2022, just-missed list and farm sys...

Emerging Technologies and the Law Forms and Analysis 2021: Comprehensive Guide that Addresses the Many Legal Issues Presented by Complex Cross-technology Transactions - ResearchAndMarkets.com  Business Wire

(CNN)The Senate is poised to pass one of the largest workplace reforms in decades, freeing victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault to seek justice in court when they had previously been bound to a closed, often-secretive legal proceeding commonly used in these types of cases by employers. The legislation ends the use of forced arbitration clauses for sexual harassment and assault clai...

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg These are strange times for Wall Street as bankers watch one of their most reliable business lines -- lending to U.S. states and cities -- turn into a political weapon. GOP lawmakers in Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota and West Virginia have introduced legislation conceived by an influential gun group, the National Shooting Sports Foundation...