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EDITORIAL: Repeal this law; it kills Colorado kids  Denver Gazette

House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, watches from the gallery Feb. 1, 2021, as Gov. Kevin Stitt gives his third State of the State address at the Capitol. In her final legislative session before she terms out, state House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, filed a number of bills she hopes to see signed into law in her last opportunity to have bills passed. Virgin’s bills cover ...

Search the word “fentanyl” on The Gazette’s website; the results will alarm and sadden you. One news report after another chronicles the terrible toll the lethal drug has been taking on our citizens and especially on our youth. “Man charged with murder for fentanyl overdose death of 16-year-old Lakewood girl”; “Colorado Springs man charged with selling fentanyl that resulted in a death”; “Fen...

Criminalizing free speech? Group challenges Miami Beach law used to cuff people filming cops  Miami Herald

Comments have been circulating on social media about the Sanctuary City for the Unborn petition process. Specifically, there are comments indicating frustration over the city of Abilene’s requirement regarding number of required signatures, as compared to other cities, to successfully file a petition. The residents of Abilene voted our charter into existence, not the City Council. It is impor...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is again seeking the authority to set hunting and fishing license fees instead of state lawmakers. Two bills proposed in the state Legislature would give the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission, the governing body of the Wildlife Department, the authority to change licenses and fees through administrative rules, just as it currently does ...

State Sen. Sue Rezin A measure creating an accountability unit in the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs is now law, but not because of the governor’s signature. The bipartisan legislation that passed last fall sat on the governor’s desk for 60 days. Without a signature, or a veto, such legislation becomes law. A spokesperson for Gov. J.B. Pritkzer told the Chicago Tribune there was som...

Law students from Cleveland Marshall College of Law will soon be helping the Cuyahoga County Public Defender's Office. WASHINGTON, D. C. -- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is among 99 law schools that are assisting a U.S. Department of Justice effort to address the housing and eviction crisis by helping renters with applications for Emergency Rental Assistance, volunteering with legal aid p...

The U.S. has been holding terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay for 20 years. Will the camp ever close? Here's everything you need to know: Why was Guantánamo created? The military detention facility first called Camp X-Ray was built in three days in early January 2002, to receive al Qaida and Taliban prisoners captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. Shortly after Jan. 11, when the f...