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The Kansas Supreme Court will rule whether the state's "stand-your-ground" law protects a fired Wichita police officer who claimed self-defense immunity after shooting a girl when aiming for a dog. The ruling is likely to have wide ramifications, both for potential prosecutions in police use-of-force cases and for any situation where a shooter can claim they feared for their safety. Lower c...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – New proposed legislation could help alleviate jail overcrowding issues in our area. House Bill 1004 would see level six offenders be held in the Indiana Department of Corrections instead of county jails. Jail overcrowding is issue that many area jails are experience with Vigo County included. Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said that housing these offenders mak...

How the Ku Klux Klan impacted Denton law enforcement in the 1920s  Denton Record Chronicle

NJ Transit officials and employees are hoping a new law that kicked in last month will help to stop the rash of physical assaults against train conductors and bus drivers. The Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Employee Violence Prevention Act upgrades penalties for attacks on NJ Transit workers to at minimum third-degree aggravated assault. It allows the agency to ban offenders from mass tr...

State and local boards in Michigan must provide remote participation options for people with disabilities for all meetings that are open to the public, according to an official legal opinion issued Friday by state Attorney General Dana Nessel. Nessel said during an online news conference that the opinion will help ensure public bodies subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act are also complyin...

San Jose residents have yet to use a law that lets them build denser developments in single-family neighborhoods—at least for now. (San Jose Spotlight) February 4, 2022 San Jose residents have yet to use a law that lets them build denser developments in single-family neighborhoods—at least for now. On Jan. 1, Senate Bill 9 went into effect across California. The law allows residents to subdiv...

DENVER (CBS4) — The Colorado Attorney General’s Office filed a motion last week to prevent a Colorado Springs-based law firm from practicing family and immigration law. The state pursued similar legal action against the same firm in 2016, according to a press release from the AG’s Office. Thursday’s request for an injunction against One Connection LLC was filed in El Paso County District Cour...

The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Raleigh. (Patch Media) First, today's weather: Periods of rain. High: 42 Low: 35. If you are reading this, so are your potential customers. Click here to learn how you can sponsor the Raleigh Daily. Here are the top stories today in Raleigh: Today, Raleigh Mayor Mary-Anne Baldwin will be meeting with Wake Coun...

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday on the constitutionality of a new state law forbidding local law enforcement from enforcing federal gun laws. A lower court judge rejected a challenge to the law brought by St. Louis city and county and Kansas City officials last August, so they appealed to the higher court. The gun law has drawn strong opposition from po...

State Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta says Woodside, a wealthy Silicon Valley town, is deliberately trying to shut off the supply of new housing within its borders by declaring itself a sanctuary for mountain lions like the one above in the Santa Monica Mountains. State Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta accused managers of a posh Silicon Valley suburb on Sunday of trying to skirt new affordable housing requiremen...