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Contractor has personal connections to Commissioner Eric Skrmetta An electric Porsche Taycan charges at a station in Hammond, La., on Dec. 28, 2021. (WES MULLER/LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR) The Louisiana Public Service Commission has given $220,000 worth of government contracts to a consultant with professional and personal connections to one of its commissioners, even after the consultant’s law li...

Illinois will effectively end immigration detention and strengthen protections limiting cooperation with federal immigration agents under a plan signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. (WICS/Blueroom) CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' plan to end federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag. Under a law signed in August, local governments can't sign new agreements with feder...

abstract. Nonlawyers, including court personnel, are typically prohibited from providing legal advice. But definitions of “legal advice” are unnecessarily broad, creating confusion, disadvantaging self-represented litigants, and possibly raising due-process concerns. This Essay argues for a narrower, more explicit definition of legal advice that advances, rather than undercuts, access to just...

(WSAZ) FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky law capping the cost of insulin for many residents is going into effect with the new year. Gov. Andy Beshear signed the legislation last March that makes insulin more affordable. It limits the cost to $30 per 30-day supply for many Kentuckians. The cap applies to people with state-regulated health care plans or plans purchased on the marketplace exchang...

A new state law allowing public school students to transfer to any school district at any point in the year, as long as there is an opening, is now in effect. Some districts have lots of availability while others are limited. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 783 into law last March and the legislation went into effect on January 1. The new legislation allows mid-year transfers...

A new state law allowing public school students to transfer to any school district at any point in the year, as long as there is an opening, is now in effect. Some districts have lots of availability while others are limited. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 783 into law last March and the legislation went into effect on January 1. The new legislation allows mid-year transfers...

AROUND THE NETWORK Steelers Now: The Steelers are still alive… but barely. Nittany Sports Now: Nittany Lions have been crushed by coaching staff defections so far this off-season. Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Just how good are the Penguins, anyway? WV Sports Now: The Mountaineers have been hit hard by the transfer portal. Pittsburgh Soccer Now: The year in Pittsburgh soccer. Pittsburgh Baseball Now...

* “Don’t let a few coughs prevent getting cash!” — NY major Eric Adams, basically. Much like Omicron, CDC policy appears to be spreading. [ABC News] * Reminder: report that embezzlement on your tax return! Wouldn’t want you to go to jail for not giving the Gov’t their cut. [Audacy] * The anniversary of last year’s failed coup is coming up — STL Today’s editorial board has something to say abo...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with local law enforcement in a case brought by Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrators alleging excessive use of force by police at a protest site in North Dakota in 2016. Attorneys for protesters who brought the suit say police fired rubber bullets and exploding munitions “indiscriminately into the crowd” and also used tear gas. Lawyers for law en...

Lakewood homicide investigation The law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. (Lakewood Police Department) TENNESSEE — A new law in Tennessee aims to reduce the chances of someone going back to prison and increases opportunities for successful reentry to society after incarceration. The law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. The law authorizes Tennessee’s community colleges and colleges of applied...