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State District 22 Sen. Brittany Pettersen speaks at a press conference for a "red flag" bill that's being introduced in the state legislature, Feb. 14, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) A man who was feared by his colleagues, was on the radar of law enforcement, and who had written novels laying out in detail how the main character would kill people — naming some of the people he would eventua...

Image caption, Annie Farmer testified against Maxwell Former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, her ex-boyfriend. A 12-person jury in New York found her guilty on five of the six counts she faced, including the most serious charge, that of trafficking a m...

QUAD CITIES (KWQC) - The new year is just days away, here are some of the notable new laws taking effect in Illinois in 2022: SB 00512: The “Preventing Youth Vaping Act” aims to prevent vaping by children, placing additional restrictions on e-cigarettes, including imposing additional civil and criminal penalties. Law enforcement officers can also seize tobacco products or electronic cigarett...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol only spent $186.4 million of its $262 million allocation from the State Highways and Transportation fund during the 2021 fiscal year, according to a new report from Auditor Nicole Galloway. The audit did not include an overall rating due to its limited scope, according to the Auditor’s Office, though it found the patrol to be in complian...

SACRAMENTO — The COVID-19 pandemic continued to slow the pace of governing California in 2021 as it did the year before, with the second fewest number of bills approved by the Legislature of any year since 1967, trailing only the record low number ratified in 2020. In all, Gov. Gavin Newsom considered 836 bills covering a range of topics, a mix of proposals prompted by the current COVID crisi...

Who should pay for pension mistakes? New California law puts employers on the hook  Sacramento Bee

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BUDAPEST, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Hungarian real estate holding company BDPST Zrt, owned by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's son-in-law, is buying a 57% stake in small lender Granit Bank, BDPST said on Thursday. BDPST bought the stake from a Hungarian consulting firm, E.P.M., which is controlled by Granit Bank's Chair and Chief Executive Officer Eva Hegedus according to the bank's 2020 earnings repor...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A new law taking effect in Illinois at the start of 2022 will work to keep animals out of the hands of those with a record of abuse and neglect. Soon people with two or more abuse and neglect charges, including charges like dogfighting, will not legally be allowed to own an animal. The Springfield Animal Protective League says the change is a no-brainer and hopefully will ...

A new California law will require greater transparency from big warehouse operators, like Amazon, on how they use technology to track productivity. Above, a woman works at an Amazon packing station in 2019. A new law takes effect in California on Jan. 1 that could change how companies like Amazon use data to manage warehouse workers. Companies like Amazon often use algorithms and tracking dat...