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The first order of business for Washington’s Legislature in Olympia is replacing the state’s new long-term care law. It is fatally flawed. Gov. Jay Inslee and Democrats who control the state legislature wisely postponed implementing the sweeping “Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program,” but it is beyond repair. It is time to find a better alternative. The new law, also known as the Was...

Courtesy Photo As part of International Thank You Day, 10-year-old Ryan Rivera wanted to use it as a day to show his appreciation to Odessa Police Department officers. His mom tells us that he’s been randomly giving out appreciation coins over the last few months to officers around town, and their reaction is always priceless. She says she can’t tell who has the bigger smile, her son or the u...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures during his statement following talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 14, 2022. (AFP Photo) A law compelling Ukrainian national print media to publish in the country's official language came into force on Sunday, in a bid to push back against the use of Russian. All national newspapers and magazines must be publis...

Supporters of the law say it will strengthen national identity. Critics argue that it could disenfranchise the country’s native Russian speakers. (file photo) A language law came into force in Ukraine on January 16 that requires all national print media to be published in the country’s official language, Ukrainian, in a bid to push back against the use of the Russian language in the public sp...

Organic waste reduction is the focus of a sprawling piece of state legislation with several key provisions due to go into effect this year. SB 1383, which is administered by CalRecycle, requires jurisdictions to reduce organic waste by drastically cutting down on the amount of edible food and food-based waste that goes into the landfill and causes methane gas pollution. Solid waste haulers wi...

Hermès has filed a lawsuit against the individual behind the collection of 100 MetaBirkins non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) that include images depicting furry renderings of its famous Birkin bag. In the complaint that it filed in a New York federal court on Friday, Hermès claims that MetaBirkins creator Mason Rothschild is “a digital speculator who is seeking to get rich quick by appropriating t...

On Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, Linda Law Hoisington passed away at home after a short and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She will be remembered for her quiet and caring ways by all her family and friends. Linda was born in Hollywood, Calif., on Sept. 9, 1942. Her parents were Delbert and Jerry Law of Culdesac. Delbert served in the Army Air Corps, and after several stints at the militar...

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Editorial: McGirt not causing sky to fall as state leaders, law enforcement claim  Tulsa World

EAST LIVERPOOL — Because of a state law that went into effect in April 2021, a prison inmate who has been incarcerated for more than three decades for the 1987 murder of an East Liverpool man gets an early bid for freedom. Billy Wayne Smith, 52, who was a few weeks shy of his 18th birthday when Kevin Burks died at the hands of four people, will face a parole hearing this month outside his cel...