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January 13, 2022

AG Ken Paxton must turn over Trump rally records or face lawsuit, Travis County DA says - Austin American-Statesman

The Dallas Morning News and Houston Chronicle The Travis County district attorney has determined that Attorney General Ken Paxton violated Texas' open records law by not turning over his communications from January 2021, when he appeared at the pro-Trump rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The district attorney gave Paxton four days to remedy the issue or face a lawsuit. The ...
January 13, 2022

Trade in value: New Illinois law removes tax credit cap for trading in vehicle when buying a new car - WLS-TV

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal data shows used car prices have soared, but a new law could save you quite a bit of cash. If you're in the market for a new car and will be trading in your old one, a new law eliminates a $10,000 credit cap that was set in 2020 as part of the Rebuild Illinois capital plan. "The dealers and the associations and the consumer groups tried to get that reversed for a coupl...
January 13, 2022

State lawmaker to introduce child access prevention law - KRQE News 13

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A state lawmaker is introducing legislation that would hold parents responsible for a child taking their parents’ gun and using it in a crime. The Bennie Hargrove Gun Safety Act would hold the parents accountable when their child uses a gun owned by them in a crime. Story continues below When their child uses a gun owned by them in a crime, they would require the gun t...
January 13, 2022

Intentional killings of law enforcement officers reach 20-year high, FBI says - CNN

(CNN)Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that comes as a rise in gun violence and homicides continues across the country. According to preliminary year-end data provided to CNN by the FBI, 73 officers died in felonious killings in the line of duty in 2021. The ...
January 13, 2022

TBI investigations into shootings by Tennessee law enforcement are on the rise | - WPLN

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into a shooting by sheriff's deputies in Dickson County. Share: State agents have launched their first investigation of the new year into a shooting by law enforcement. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is working to understand how an encounter in Dickson County on Tuesday led to a nonfatal shooting. Officials say deputies from the Dickson ...
January 13, 2022

Clark County Round-up: Contract law and Mrs. Kentucky - Winchester Sun - Winchester Sun

Miles Layton is editor of the Winchester Sun, Jessamine Journal and Harlan Enterprise. A round-up of all things Clark County… First, did you know that Taylor Ruth of Clark County is Mrs. Kentucky? Yes, Ruth will be competing for Mrs. United States of America in February. More on that as the story develops. Winchester Kiwanis Club President Greg Yates invited me to attend the group’s meeting, ...
January 13, 2022

A Wisconsin judge rules absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under state law - NPR

A Waukesha County judge has ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under Wisconsin law, a ruling that could potentially remove an option for voting ahead of the state's crucial midterm elections. Ruling from the bench Thursday, Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission to rescind its guidance to clerks on how to use the drop boxes, saying the...
January 13, 2022

States need Congress' help repealing a law that hinders treatment for mental illness | TheHill - The Hill

To read the news lately, one gets the impression that local governments are in total chaos, beset by controversies and besieged by violence and threats of intimidation. But against this backdrop, state governments are quietly working with grassroots advocates to save thousands of lives in the absence of congressional leadership. And that story has yet to be widely reported. States are doing ...
January 13, 2022

Former Stanford Law Dean Nominated as President of University of Pennsylvania | Stanford Law School - Stanford Law School

January 13, 2022 – M. Elizabeth Magill, former dean and professor emerita at Stanford Law School (SLS), was nominated to become the president of the University of Pennsylvania and will assume the role in July 2022. Magill currently serves as executive vice president and provost of the University of Virginia. Magill was the Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and dean of Stanford Law School from ...
January 13, 2022

Police violated state law by confiscating Williston reporter's cell phone - KFYR-TV

Tim Simon (kfyr) WILLISTON, N.D. - A Williston reporter’s cell phone was returned by law enforcement after it was determined that it violated state law. A North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation agent says Williston Trending Topics News Radio Live’s Tom Simon was reporting on closed-door board meetings that led to the departure of superintendent Jeff Thake that was subject to police inv...