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LANSING, Mich. - A new Michigan law makes more firefighters with cancer eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Many firefighters in active service already qualify for wage loss and medical benefits if they get certain types of cancer presumed to have been caused by hazards on the job. Legislation signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this past week extends eligibility to forest fire officers ...

(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) — Frank Buckley talked with Loyola Law School’s Jessica Levinson and KQED politics and government correspondent Katie Orr about the threat to Roe v. Wade and the compromise Chief Justice John Roberts is suggesting. “After listening to oral arguments there is no doubt we are going to see a rollback of Roe v. Wade,” Levinson said. She also gave insight on what could...

The Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City, Missouri. The City of St. Louis filed a lawsuit Friday asking a judge to strike down a wide-ranging bill that passed in May bolstering protections for police under investigation for misconduct. The city’s lawsuit targets a portion of a bill called the “Law Enforcement Bill of Rights,” a list of more than 15 new requirements that includes giving ...

Update (12:28 PM)- Heading to NJ to start the week recruiting …great to see all the Pitt fans in Charlotte airport…thanks for the support ! Safe travels ! pic.twitter.com/wQ0j06xx97 — Tim Salem (@CoachTimSalem) December 5, 2021 Update (12:20 PM)- DEVELOPING: Oregon coach Mario Cristobal and Miami are expected to agree on an $8 million deal, with Clemson's Dan Radakovich following as th...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor can count. She knows there are at least five justices ready to uproot abortion precedents simply because they can. But she is not willing to let them cloak their constitutional wrecking ball as an instrument of legitimate jurisprudence. Throughout oral arguments on Wednesday concerning the constitutionality of Mississippi’s abortion ban, Sotomayor undersc...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) on Sunday said his state will enforce a law banning most abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned, days after the Supreme Court held a hearing on the Magnolia State’s 15-week abortion ban that could chip away at the landmark 1973 ruling. A "snapback law" for abortion is currently in existence in Mississippi, which calls for most abortions in the state to be bann...

A Coon Rapids man accused of damaging a patrol vehicle and assaulting an officer during an October arrest has been scheduled for trial next month. Carroll County District Court records show 29-year-old Joshua Alexander Greene filed a not guilty plea to second-degree criminal mischief, a class D felony, and assault on a peace officer, a serious misdemeanor. Greene was arrested on Oct. 7 by the ...

File Photo – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. | Photo: Illinois Information Service Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill into law called Faith’s Law, which aims to protect children against grooming and increase resources for sexual abuse survivors. Pritzker signed HB 1975, also known as Faith’s Law, into law on Friday. The legislation expands the definition of grooming in the criminal code, incre...

There will be more state construction aid for small libraries under a bill signed by Governor Kathy Hochul. The bill, co-sponsored by State Senator Pam Helming, expands the program in two ways. Grants where New York State covers 90% of construction project costs and local governments provide 10%, and grants where New York State covers 75% of construction project costs and local governments pr...

On November 18, 2021, Australian Senator Kimberley Kitching announced that she would be nominating Bill Browder for Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Global Magnitsky campaign and called upon others to support the nomination. The announcement was made during the Magnitsky Awards in London, U.K. Bill Browder, a U.S. born financier, is the man behind the Magnitsky laws, laws enabling govern...