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Dozens of men, women and children were led by U.S. Border Patrol agents and police to a holding area in June 2019 after they crossed into the U.S. to seek asylum. The so-called Title 42 border closure, which uses the COVID-19 pandemic to justify immediate expulsion or deportation of people fleeing persecution and torture, has always been heartless and illegal. So why is the Biden administr...

Special to the Tribune Several upcoming events are being sponsored by the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Department and local law enforcement, all teaming up for the fourth annual Cheboygan County Sheriff Department’s Coats for Kids fundraiser. Cheboygan County Sheriff Dale Clarmont said two of his deputies, Sgt. Earl Manuel and Sgt. Dean Tebo, both of whom initiated the Coats for Kids program,...

On a warm day, it wouldn’t be unusual to spot kids shooting baskets in a driveway of Rockland Ridge, a gated Baltimore County community. Since a new state law barred “unreasonable” restrictions on portable hoops, the new homeowners’ association president says she is pleased kids can get out and play the sport, and is thankful the legislation “eliminated some conflict within our community.” Ho...

These jars contain brown water taken from a tap in Kewaunee County that researchers tied to spreading of manure on a nearby field in 2016. The soil from the field and water from the home shared the same signatures for fecal contaminants. Photo courtesy of Kewaunee County Land and Water Conservation Department State environmental regulators have abandoned plans to craft nitrate standards in ar...

Hunter Wilson is building an impressive resume as a Honolulu barber. At 27, he manages a sleek new barber shop, The Cutlery, in Kaimuki: a combination bar, restaurant and barber shop. And he’s toured the mainland representing the Dutch product line Reuzel. It’s an auspicious start for a young professional who started his 1,500 hours of training required to be a barber by Hawaii law when he w...

Money Laundering/ US dollars hung out to dry With nearly a 72% increase in the number of suspected breaches of the money laundering regulations investigated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority this year, law firms are still struggling to get to grips with the legislation. International law firms are equally challenged by the application of money laundering regulations as solicitors practis...

Local law enforcement is planning targeted traffic enforcement efforts today and Saturday as people travel for Thanksgiving. Officers, deputies and troopers will be on state Route 48 and Turner Road from 4:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. today, then on U.S. 35, Interstate 75, Salem Road and Turner Road from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, according to Dayton police on social media. Law enforcement will be wat...

California’s landmark funding reform law needs to be fixed to help meet its promise of raising the achievement of underperforming student groups, conclude two recently published research studies. While the reports’ authors and other advocates aren’t having major second thoughts about the Local Control Funding Formula, which has steered billions of dollars to designated student groups as inten...

Happy Thanksgiving! We’re back with another edition of our legal industry news column, highlighting the latest attorney moves, law firm hiring, innovation and pro bono efforts. Read on for the latest news. Attorney Moves & Law Firm Hiring Shumaker added several new attorneys to its Sarasota, Tampa and Toledo offices. The newest hires include Jacqueline Gardner and Travis Taaffe in Saraso...

Image credit: Photo published with thanks to the Harper family Mandatory life sentences for those who kill an emergency worker in the course of their duty Change to the law to be made as soon as possible Follows the tireless campaigning of PC Andrew Harper’s family Named after PC Andrew Harper, who was killed in the line of duty in 2019, the law will introduce mandatory life sentences f...