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A Lewis and Clark County judge has ruled part of a new law that regulates political campaign financing is unconstitutional due to the way lawmakers passed the legislation. During the 2021 legislative session, the bill was amended at the last minute to restrict political activity on college campuses and judges’ ability to rule on cases involving political donors. A coalition including Lewis an...

Florida Mesa Elementary School students make their selections from a new salad bar in 2016. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) A group of Democratic state lawmakers and a coalition of advocacy groups want to permanently provide free breakfast and lunch in schools for all K-12 students, regardless of income levels. “By providing healthy school meals free for all public school students, we wil...

shot of the word scam LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) – The Lee County Circuit Clerks Office warns east Alabama residents about a jury duty scam targeting citizens using the names of local law enforcement officers you may know. “Scammers Scam. And when the scam gets old, they tweak it for a new approach. Scams that scare citizens regarding jury duty are not new. Still, the newest ones involve calling...

Dana Bash investigates the big lie's assault on democracy 01:09 (CNN)Less than a year after Republican lawmakers pushed through a restrictive voting bill in Texas, election officials there are facing mounting challenges in implementing new voting procedures in time for the upcoming primaries. Officials are conducting their first election under SB 1, a sweeping overhaul that, among other provi...

Crimes committed when someone is a juvenile can count against repeat-offenders under New Jersey’s three-strike law, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday. A divided high court upheld a life sentence without parole for a New Jersey man following a series of armed robberies dating back to the 1990s, including two committed while he was a minor. The man, Samuel Ryan, was convicted of two armed...

California, Virginia and Colorado have new privacy laws coming into effect in 2023. But now is the time to start preparing your business or organization for compliance. In this video series, we examine the different aspects of these laws and provide you the knowledge and tools you need for proper compliance. Each of the three state data privacy laws See more +

Sen. Timothy Johns, R-Lead, argued in favor of a change to the state's medical cannabis law on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. PIERRE, S.D. — One leading Senate Republican called the state's voter-approved medical cannabis law akin to a "magician's hat" filled with surprises, as the South Dakota Senate voted 25-10 to strip an affirmative defense for residents who possess medical cannabis but don't...

A recently enacted North Carolina bill will allow financial and insurance technology companies to test their products and services in a regulatory sandbox. The purpose of the environment is to provide a controlled, safe place for companies to test and develop products and business models without having to worry about certain regulatory barriers. According to the legislation, which was signed ...

(KY3) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the people’s right to weigh in on laws passed by the Legislature has been illegally limited by lawmakers themselves, easing the path for voters to undo acts by the GOP-led General Assembly moving forward. In a 5-2 decision, judges wrote that Missouri citizens’ right to overturn laws passed by the Legislature is...

A protester holds a sign demanding justice for Amir Locke at a rally on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis after body cam footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department showed an officer shoot and kill Locke during a no-knock warrant. When will the deadly practice of no-knock warrants finally be abolished nationwide? It...