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These $36 headphones are a compact alternative to bulky gaming headsets Minimum wage is increasing, plastic bag laws will go into effect and more ROANOKE, Va. – There are several new laws and ordinances that take effect on January 1, 2022. Virginia’s Minimum Wage Virginia’s minimum wage goes up to $11 an hour. That’s up from $9.50 an hour previously. It’s set to go up incrementally until it h...

Photo: Waleed Alzuhair, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Albany are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign a legislative package aimed at protecting local pharmacies. Three bills jointly referred to as the Pharmacy Rescue Package received nearly unanimous approval in both the State Assembly and Senate. Only a single senator, Republican Patrick Ga...

One of the jurors who convicted Minnesota cop Kim Potter in the killing of Daunte Wright says the jury felt she was a “good cop” who made a mistake when she drew her gun instead of a Taser — but that she isn’t above the law. The juror spoke anonymously to KARE-TV on Wednesday a week after Potter, 49, was found guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting the 20-year-old black man during a traf...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Beauty professionals in Tennessee will be required to undergo anti-domestic violence training starting in the new year. Related video above: Signal learned on TikTok helps rescue teen girl Amy Hooper does hair for a living at Shear Heaven Salon in Madison. She understands how the salon becomes a safe haven for various conversations, including domestic violence. "I've experi...

Credit: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com What You Need to Know Legal support teams are undergoing retraining to meet the evolving needs of their firms. Reed Smith and Fox Rothschild downsized their support functions in 2021. The specialization of support roles is leading firms to pay closer attention to staff demands. In the remote-working pandemic era, law firms have moved their support st...

The main source for the discredited anti-Trump dossier signed a waiver agreeing to be defended by the same law firm representing members of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign despite concerns regarding conflicts of interest raised by special counsel John Durham. Durham told a federal court earlier this month that he is scrutinizing members of Clinton’s 2016 campaign as part of his crimin...

Although the first of January is ultimately just another day in the grand scheme of things, many of us attach a special significance to it. It is a day where we symbolically leave our problems behind and press forward to see what the new year may bring. However, for better or worse, the law sees January 1, 2022, as just another day, and many of the developments employment law saw in 2021 will...

Leigh M. Chapman, a Howard Law alumnae and veteran of voting rights orgs, will serve as Pennsylvania’s acting Secretary of the Commonwealth, making her the state’s top election official heading into the 2022 midterm elections. A Black attorney with a record of voting-rights advocacy was just named to the top elections post in Pennsylvania, a state where the GOP-controlled legislature might st...

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Photo credit: Tony Magpantay / MGN MGN A new state law gives Texans additional time to renew their vehicle registration online. House Bill 2152 allows online registration renewals up to 12 months past the expiration date, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. Previously, Texans could renew expired registrations online up to nine months past the expiration da...