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Flags in front of the Legislative Building fly at half-staff, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) OLYMPIA, WA — New legislation proposed by Gov. Jay Inslee would make it a criminal offense for political candidates and elected officials to spread lies about election results when they have a "likelihood to stoke violence," the governor announced Thu...

This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty: William Lee Rickman Booking Photo from the Humboldt County Correctional Facility On Jan. 6, 2022, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received information that a homicide suspect wanted out of ...

We all know that a legal education can land the average law school graduate in up to six figures of debt — to be specific, according to a 2020 ABA survey, the average debt for law school graduates is more than $150,000 — and we all know that egregiously high tuition costs are to blame. According to the latest data from U.S. News, the average cost of tuition and fees at private schools for the...

What You Need to Know Florida Supreme Court ruling in Page v. Deutsche Bank Trust held that a borrower may recover reciprocal attorney fees under Fla. Stat. § 57.105(7), when it prevails at trial after asserting lack of standing as an affirmative defense. An attorney said one impact of the state appellate court reversal is the leveling of the playing field for Florida homeowners against insu...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio abortion providers again sued Friday to block a state law requiring that fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried. Clinics, through their lawyers at ACLU of Ohio, asked the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court for a second stay, arguing the new law imposes a funeral ritual on every patient, regardless of religious or spiritual belief. The clinics co...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The city of Anchorage has spent nearly $9,000 on new anti-panhandling signs, but the law the signs refer to was found unconstitutional nearly a decade ago. The signs began showing up last month at busy Anchorage intersections where pedestrians sometimes solicit money from drivers stopped at red lights, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday. Mayor Dave Bronson made ...

Image: Rick Obst, CC A first-of-its-kind municipal law now requires many employers in Washington, D.C. to provide cash to workers who turn down their company-sponsored parking benefits — and experts say it could serve as a model for other American cities that want to de-incentivize car commuting. After more than a year stuck in regulatory limbo, local leaders in the nation’s capital are final...

Groups that support access to abortion filed another lawsuit Friday to block an Ohio law from taking effect that requires fetal remains to be buried or cremated. The complaint asks a judge to block Senate Bill 27 from taking effect. The law was put on hold once before because the Ohio Department of Health had not created rules or forms surrounding how remains should be buried or cremated. B...

The Kansas Supreme Court overturned Friday a lower court decision that struck down a sweeping set of changes to the state's emergency management laws, ruling the district court judge erred in his handling of the case. The court's 5-2 decision did not make any assertions about the overall validity of Senate Bill 40, legislation signed into law last year that checked the powers of Gov. Laura ...

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