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Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office (WAFB) POINTE COUPEE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Over on the west side of the river, officials and lawmakers are coming together to hopefully find a solution on where to house juveniles once they commit a crime. “Just last night in Simmesport, a lady’s house was burnt. A day before, two 17-year-olds went and robbed and stole her four-wheelers and bikes. Last nig...

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FILE — In this photo taken March 8, 2019, a referee prepares to start a play using a Precision Time device during the first half of an Atlantic Coast Conference women's tournament basketball game in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Tennessee lawmaker has proposed legislation making contact or injury with a sports official a crime. The bill comes just week...

LOS ANGELES — Most of us are used to throwing away organic matter like banana peels and egg shells in the regular trash, but now, a new law in California says not so fast. Since 2016, the Spring Street Community Garden in the heart of DTLA has been giving urban gardeners a place to grow. Rainbow Wave was among the first to join this community and comes daily not just to garden, but also to br...

What if I told you that every single law would disappear from the books over a 10-year time frame? Preposterous, you might say. But an Iowa legislature envisions a time when every single law is simply repealed. Iowa Capitol Representative John Wills has introduced a bill (HF2011) that would repeal every single Iowa law over a 10-year period. Furthermore, the cycle would be repeated every 10 y...

What You Need to Know As part of negotiating the returning to the office lawyers are busy deconstructing “work” into its many smaller components in an effort to redefine where these activities ought to take place. The law firm office cannot remain unchanged from prior to the onset of pandemic, when the terms and meaning have all changed. The office must now provide benefits or an experience ...

A Microsoft Technology Center in New York City on July 22, 2020. Simpson Thacher team includes M&A, tax The purchase is largest ever by Microsoft Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. tapped Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, respectively, as outside advisers for their $68.7 billion deal. Simpson Thacher’s team includes partners from its mer...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Small business owners in Illinois should see a reduced tax bill thanks to a new law. The new S.A.L.T. Deduction Law allows S-corporations and partnerships to avoid the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions on federal taxes. “Most small businesses pay their business taxes on their personal tax return. My S.A.L.T. bill shifts that business income away from t...

Faith-based communities have been and will “likely” be the target of violence “by both domestic violent extremists and those inspired by foreign terrorists," according to a note sent nationwide to law enforcement officials and houses of worship by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. “Given the volatile environment, we encourage our partners to maintain strong operational security and...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new report from academics at Coventry University and City, University of London, recommends legislative and policy changes for the protection of pregnant women and their unborn children under the criminal justice system in England and Wales. The report follows the death of a new-born baby at HMP Bronzefield in 2019 to a prisoner who gave birth alone in her cell, an...