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OAKLAND, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Wednesday to bring back COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave through September 30, 2022. The signing follows on the heels of Monday's action by the California Legislature, which passed the bill requiring many companies to give workers up to two weeks of paid time off if they get sick from the coronavirus. The package of leg...

The Missouri Supreme Court has put a St. Louis couple who waved their guns at protesters during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in the summer of 2020 on probation as attorneys, NPR station KCUR reported. The court on Tuesday suspended the law licenses of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, but stayed the suspensions and put both on probation for a year, according to KCUR. This means that the McCl...

‘Quiet title’ laws exist in Missouri, Kansas Iowa and Nebraska, with homeowners from marginalized communities likely the most risk of being targeted Larry Colton and Maria Kendall visit the former home of her mother, Natalia Esteban (not pictured), on Aug. 4, 2021, in Marshalltown, Iowa. When the house title changed over to a stranger, all of Natalia’s family photos and trinkets from her life...

11min Ana Maria Rodriguez free kill HB 6011 HB 6039 lawsuits malpractice SB 262 SB 560 Spencer Roach Yvonne Hayes Hinson Florida’s Senate has effectively abandoned bipartisan efforts to overturn what critics have derided as the state’s “free kill” law, which generally prevents families from filing medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors or hospitals when the victims are adults. Consum...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A senate bill that would add retired peace officers to the list of entities protected from having their personally identifiable information posted online by those with intent to threaten, intimidate or harass was passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. SB1522 is a follow up bill to one Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, filed last session, which prot...

Osage County residents voted by a more than 2-to-1 margin Tuesday to approve a ballot question putting in place a half-cent sales tax to cover start-up costs to build a new law enforcement center. The final, unofficial vote was 1,149 to 505, said Osage County Clerk Rhonda Beets. "I'm thrilled to be a part of this historic moment for Osage County as your Sheriff," Osage County Sheriff Chris ...

Screenshot via Twitter Everyone’s favorite gun-waving neighbors Mark and Patricia McCloskey discovered yesterday that the Missouri Supreme Court is less willing than the state’s governor to look the other way to score political points. The McCloskeys barged into our collective consciousness after Mark showed up as Club Casual Tony Montana ranting at pedestrian protestors walking past his hous...

New York’s unique approach to evidentiary procedure – and specifically, its rules governing admissions by a party opponent’s agent – have frustrated litigators for years. Recent changes to New York’s rules on civil procedure, however, have brought the state’s approach to hearsay more in line with the standard set by the Federal Rules of Evidence. These changes could significantly impact futur...

‘Quiet title’ laws across the Midwest can disproportionately affect homeowners who don’t speak English, like Natalia Esteban, who emigrated from Mexico more than 20 years ago Larry Colton and Maria Kendall visit the former home of her mother, Natalia Esteban (not pictured), on Aug. 4, 2021, in Marshalltown, Iowa. When the house title changed over to a stranger, all of Natalia’s family photos ...

An anti-extremist expert is warning Idaho’s top legislators that a bill under consideration would repeal the state’s main law banning private militias. The part of state code at issue prohibits groups other than the Idaho National Guard to organize as a militia, or “parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state.” During the bill’s introductory hearing on Jan. 26, Maj. Steve...