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Edgar S. Cahn, a lawyer who sought to harness the power of the law to promote social justice, helping establish the largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans and training like-minded future lawyers as a founder of the old Antioch School of Law in Washington, died Jan. 23 at a hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was 86. For Dr. Cahn — a humanist and humanitarian who held, in addition...

With a vote of 8-3, the city council in San Jose, California, passed a city ordinance Tuesday night that requires gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee. This is the first measure of its kind passed in the United States, according to Brady United. The council will do a final "reading" of the bill in February, with it expected to become law in August. Already, several gu...

The city of San Jose passed a first-in-the-nation gun law that has gun rights groups fighting against it. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Mayor Sam Liccardo about what’s expected to come. Debate Brewing Over Digital Billboards at SJC

Special to The Enquirer “I’m looking for my birth mother.” That simple Facebook message would change the life of Kathy Donisi. Though at first, she wasn’t sure the sender was really the same baby girl she had given up for adoption 48 years before. The last time Kathy saw her daughter was in a Middletown delivery room, a month before turning 17. She remembered a nurse taking away a swaddle o...

European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders laid out the dynamics in an interview with POLITICO this week | Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images Poland’s thorny coalition politics are looming over its rule-of-law dispute with the EU, according to the bloc’s top justice official. European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders laid out the dynamics in an interview with POLITICO this week. B...

(Getty Images) WASHINGTON (WFXR) — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday the release of $100 million from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help families pay their outstanding heating and cooling bills. The $100 million is the first installment of a five-year, $500 million investment provided by Biden’s Bipartisan Infrast...

On January 20, the FTC issued an advisory opinion clarifying that the Holder Rule does not prevent state law from providing costs or attorneys’ fees against loan holders, contrary to the conclusions drawn by some courts. The FTC approved the adoption of the advisory opinion unanimously. The FTC adopted the Holder Rule to protect consumers when they make purchases using credit. The Rule protec...

Politics An airplane flies over the Porcupine caribou herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP) Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has hired a contract law firm to fight the Biden administration’s suspension of oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, supplementing the...

Family law attorney Hilary Hux answers some of the top questions about family law. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Family law can get complicated. We spoke with a family law specialist and attorney Hilary Hux to get you answers. Hux said it's important to follow whatever the custody order says. Even if your spouse isn't paying child support, she said to stick to what's agreed upon. Hux said it's still not...

Federal infrastructure law could fund maintenance of Skagit County bridges  goskagit.com