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Minister of Investment of Saudi, Khalid Al Falih speaks during Saudi 2022 Budget Forum in Riyadh, December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri RIYADH, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will build 14,000 km (8,700 miles) of railway across country and is also preparing a new investment law to address the needs of investors, its investment minister Khalid al-Falih said on Wednesday. "New rail that will ...

With New York's eviction moratorium set to end on Saturday, Kingston and New Paltz are pushing for local legislation to protect tenants’ rights and prevent “self-eviction.” A statewide eviction moratorium is set to expire on Saturday, and at least two Hudson Valley municipalities are pushing their own “good cause” eviction legislation ahead of the moratorium’s end. Extending New York’s evicti...

The U.K. government unlawfully used a so-called ‘VIP lane’ to dish out contracts worth nearly 600 million pounds ($820 million) to supply personal-protective equipment at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a London judge ruled. The Department of Health and Social Care breached its obligation to treat potential suppliers equally by giving firms referred by lawmakers and senior officials pr...

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Constrained by Georgia’s voting law, ballot drop box usage plunged in last fall’s elections. Roughly half as many absentee voters returned their ballots in drop boxes in metro Atlanta’s core counties in 2021 compared to the 2020 general election, according to ballot collection forms obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Now, Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminat...

Oklahoma's 10-minute limit on trains blocking city streets violates the federal government’s authority to regulate rail carriers and tracks, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act gives the federal Surface Transportation Board “exclusive jurisdiction over transportation by rail carriers and the op...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 16, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Wyden introduced the Mind Your Own Business Act, and a Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 56 percent of voters support federal data privacy legislation. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Fifty-six percent of registered voters said they support federal data privacy legislation, according ...

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Cornelius Smith and Justin Johnson arrested in Young Dolph's murder MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Investigators are holding a news conference to release more information about the arrests of two men in connection with the murder of Memphis rapper Young Dolph. As of yesterday, Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith are both behind bars. U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller, Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis and She...

In a January 11 post, I analyzed a bill passed by the New York City Council (Int. 1867-2020A) allowing legal immigrants and employment-authorized aliens to vote in municipal elections in the city. It became law when the new mayor of the city, Eric Adams (D), returned it to the council unsigned. To update, GOP officials in the Empire State have now filed suit in state court to block that law’s...