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February 07, 2022
University of California workers hold a one-day strike at UCSF in San Francisco on Nov. 13, 2019, to protest what the workers' union, AFSCME 3299, said were illegal actions by UC to hire cheaper contractors to do their work.
A union-backed California law that bars government officials from discouraging their employees to join unions or pay union dues was upheld by a federal appeals court Mond...
February 07, 2022
Historic funding will help reinvigorate coal communities, create good-paying jobs, and clean up the environment
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia will receive $140,751,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 to reclaim abandone...
February 07, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
What You Need to Know
Major law firms are representing key players in the fight over EPA's regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act. The case, West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, could be dismissed because of a standing problem.
In what could be the most consequential environmental case before t...
February 07, 2022
BOSTON —
The Massachusetts House of Representatives and State Senate passed a bill on Monday that ensures law enforcement officers' K-9 partners receive life-saving medical attention and transport if they are injured in the line of duty.
The bill, known as Nero's Law, was drafted in response to the shooting that claimed the life of Yarmouth Police K-9 Sgt. Sean Gannon, a New Bedford native, a...
February 07, 2022
America has a major racial wealth gap that is driven in part by the way the federal tax code is written, according to a law professor who has spent her career documenting racism in the tax system.
Indeed, median wealth for White families is almost eight times that of Black families and five times that of Hispanic families, who have been held back by loopholes in the U.S. tax system, according...
February 07, 2022
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February 07, 2022
OWASSO, Okla. — A new Oklahoma law effective Jan. 1 allows students to transfer to any district in the state regardless of where they live.
However, it only applies if there is room in the district where they wish to enroll. The law is raising concerns among some parents that districts will make room for top athletes over other students.
High school coaches like Owasso’s head football coach, ...
February 07, 2022
One Piece's brought the manga's newest chapter to an end with Trafalgar Law's clever plan to deal a final blow to Big Mom! As the fights across Onigashima reach their respective ends, the majority of the focus has been on how luffy is standing up against Kaido on the top of the Skull Dome. At the same time, Big Mom has been causing a lot of trouble in her own right on the floors below as each...
February 07, 2022
Bill Sklar chair of the condominium law and policy on life safety task force.Courtesy photo
What You Need to Know
Carlton Fields shareholder Bill Sklar has been practicing and teaching condominium law for 42 years. His expertise became invaluable in the wake of the Surfside collapse. Two bills in the Florida Senate reflect the recommendation of the Florida Bar task force that Sklar led last...
February 07, 2022
Aniak in Western Alaska. (Alaska Department of Commerce)
Law enforcement officials shot and killed a man in Aniak on Friday after he shot and wounded a U.S. marshal, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Troopers said in an online report that they had called a U.S. Marshals task force to Aniak. They wanted backup for what they called a high-risk arrest.
Andrew John Jr., 34, had been wanted on o...
