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A man was seen sleeping on the ground in a pavilion with a bottle of vodka. He was reportedly defecating in the pavilion. He was given a citation by the Kalispell Police Department and asked to move along. A woman returned home after a two-week trip to find her fireplace turned on. A man grabbed a hard seltzer from a convenience store and walked out of the business. Someone who lives in a bas...

Sen. Bob Casey Bob Casey has gone to bat for the new infrastructure law, touting the benefits he expects it will create in his home state. “I think this is a remarkably significant opportunity for Southwestern Pennsylvania and, in particular, for counties that have not had enough infrastructure investment for a long time. And it will be a great benefit to the state overall.” Casey, a D...

A new law requiring landlords to notify prospective renters if their property is in a 100-year floodplain is on the books and in effect. The new law stemming from HB 531 took effect Jan. 1. The Flood Disclosure Notice allows the renter/leasee to indicate whether they are aware that the unit they are renting is located in a 100-year floodplain. Even if the unit is not in a 100-year floodplain...

Photo by Nora Edinger - The revamped Hartley Law Group building behind Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church may look like new construction, but a 1920s-era red brick structure is tucked inside, according to attorney Dean Hartley. He said reusing instead of building new provided a cost-lowering construction base for a renovation intended to complement the historic Woodsdale neighborhood — some o...

COLORADO SPRINGS — January 1, 2022 marked the conclusion of a long road for lawmakers in the effort to provide justice for victims of sexual child abuse. “Some of my clients were involved back in 2006 in trying to do something similar and there was very, very strong pushback by lobbyists in particular for the Catholic Church,” said Zach Warzel, Keating Wagner Polidori Free Partner. The law ha...

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide if the case heads to district court or, in a step that might add months to a final decision, to the Texas Supreme Court. DALLAS — Comments by appeals court judges Friday in New Orleans indicate the justices might opt to send Texas' controversial abortion law on a longer decision-defining route than pro-choice activists would prefer. Pro-life activ...

SEATTLE, Washington. — Law Makers in Washington State has proposed a new and invasive policy that would affect hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians. PROPOSED POLICIES: • Allowing local health officers to use law enforcement (WAC 246-100-070) to force an emergency order to involuntarily detain a person or group of persons (families) to be isolated in a quarantine facility (WAC 246-100-045) ...

Abortion opponents (front row) and abortion rights supporters (dressed as Handsmaids in back) listen to testimony on an abortion bill in a committee at the Ohio Legislature. The new law set to go into effect next month would require abortion clinics to cremate or bury all embryonic and fetal tissue from procedures they perform. But opponents who filed the lawsuit argue it's too vague and co...

If you watched the first two rounds of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, you may have asked yourself why players are wearing green ribbons on their hats. It's to honor Tony Finau's father-in-law, Tipa Galeai, who recently passed away. Galeai's daughter and Tony's wife, Alayna Galea'i-Finau, thanked the players for their tributes in an Instagram post. Tony commented on the post also express...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It’s likely you regularly throw your yard waste into your green trash bin without another thought — but what happens next? In Bakersfield, every green trash bin in the city is dropped off at Mount Vernon Green Waste Recycling and Composting facility. When it it gets there, as supervisor Ruben Ramirez explained, the waste goes through three stages, one of which inc...