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Grace Tolstedt is the student speaker for Friday’s winter commencement ceremony at UNK. She graduates summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and minors in political science and public law. Tolstedt will attend law school next fall. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications) By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Grace Tolstedt doesn’t know who nominated her t...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 280, enabling the creation of a Regional Water Commission for Joliet and the surrounding communities. The new law allows the commission to purchase water from Chicago and Lake Michigan. According to a state of Illinois news release, the legislation will help ensure a sustainable drinking water source is available for communities in northeastern Illinois. “...

More relief could be on the way to protect the courts from sue-happy individuals. Florida’s top judge wants to crack down on those who file frivolous or sham lawsuits that clog up the state’s courts. Noting that a review of current policies is necessary to “ensure the ongoing effective and efficient administration of justice,” Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady issued an order Dec. 9 ...

Robert W. Hainsworth, after whom t Harris County law library was renamed on Dec. 16, 2021, in honor of the late Black attorney and civil rights leader who sued the county to desegregate the library in 1951. Seventy years after Robert W. Hainsworth sued the Harris County Comissioner’s Court to desegregate the county law library, a group of elected officials and prominent Black attorneys rededi...

--> Sorry, we're having issues playing this video. In the meantime, try watching one of the videos below. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP AND KMTV) — Three media organizations and their reporters are suing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, alleging she has repeatedly violated the state's open records laws by ignoring requests for government records. In the lawsuit filed Thursday, the American Civil Liberties...

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced her intent Wednesday to require Chicago restaurants to market only healthy drinks such as water, juice and milk with kids’ meals, she said the city was fighting back against childhood obesity. “What’s happening, and I think the concern (the health department) had, was those meals, those kids’ meals, were reflexively being given really high-caloric, very hig...

FILE - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference at Iowa Spring Manufacturing, on Oct. 20, 2021, in Adel, Iowa. Three media organizations and their reporters sued Reynolds on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, alleging she has repeatedly violated the state's open records laws by ignoring requests for government records. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three medi...

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Cloopen Group Holding Limited (NYSE: RAAS): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the Company's Feb...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Three media organizations and their reporters sued Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday, alleging she has repeatedly violated the state's open records laws by ignoring requests for government records. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa is representing Laura Belin, who operates the liberal-leaning Bleeding Heartland blog; Randy Evans, executive director of the Iowa Fre...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed two bills (the “Bills”) into law that: (1) amend New York’s whistleblower law (the “Whistleblower Law”); and (2) establish a digital workplace law (the “Digital Workplace Law”). The Bills each make significant changes that will go into effect in 2022. I. Whistleblower Law On October 28, 2021, New York Senate Bill S4394A/A.5144A was signed into la...