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John McClow Lake Powell storage levels began declining in 2000, and by the end of 2004 were at an alarmingly low elevation. As a result, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior ordered the seven Colorado River Basin states to work with the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to reach an agreement to address reservoir operations in dry hydrology. The parties complied, and the result is the 20...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WJBF) — Georgia’s hands-free law took effect in 2018 making it against the law for drivers to have a cell phone or similar technology in their hands or touch any part of their body while they drive. South Carolina lawmakers are working to get the same there. “I have a two-year-old. So, I have to watch out for that all the time. Cause if I get in an accident, it’s not gonna be ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James reviews a collection of illegal guns in Brooklyn on May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) A Texas law that took effect in September bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy. In a novel workaround, the state isn’t enforcing the ban. Instead, the law allows private citizens to sue medical provide...

UC Davis School of Law Professor Highlights the 9th Circuit's Cases of the Year (Getty) Protectingthe environment is the right thing to do for people and the planet, and it’s also the law. Environmental laws regulate environmental protection, from air and water quality to waste management, pollution, chemical safety and hunting and fishing. Every year, legal cases arise that change the physic...

Iowa Senate Republicans are advancing an effort to protect the right to keep and bear arms from what they consider federal infringements on the Second Amendment. But although a three-member Senate subcommittee passed the "Second Amendment Preservation Act," Wednesday on a 2-1 vote, its Republican sponsor agreed with critics that the measure's language must be reworked to address several conc...

Josephine County law enforcement seized more than 680,000 marijuana plants in 2021 raids  KDRV

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the Thomson Reuters Institute and the Georgetown University Law Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession’s 2022 Report on the State of the Legal Market, how much was demand for legal services up in 2021, over 2020? Hint: Demand for legal services was even up compared to pre-pandemic (2019) demand, just not as by ...

This March 26, 2018, file photo shows a computer with Facebook ad preferences pages in San Francisco. California's Proposition 24, adopted by voters in 2020, expanded the state's consumer privacy law by tripling penalties for companies that break laws regarding the collection and sale of children's private information and created a state agency to enforce consumer privacy protections. (AP Pho...

Coach takes a nap during the hearing at the Health, Human Service and Eldery Affairs committee on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff » Buy this Image Coach gets his ears scratch from owner Elle Shaheen as her mother, Stefany Shaheen speaks to the Health, Human Service and Eldery Affairs committee on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff » Buy t...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing Sen. Ted Cruz’ challenge to a federal campaign finance law that limits how political donations can be used to repay candidates for money they loan themselves. At issue during Wednesday’s oral arguments is a 2002 law that caps at $250,...