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“It sure seems that way to me.” That is how President Joe Biden supported his off-the-cuff comment that Russian atrocities in Ukraine amounted to genocide. A legal finding to that end, however, requires a substantially higher standard of proof (and to be fair, Biden also said that he would “let the lawyers decide”). The “effective accountability” that world leaders like U.N. Secretary-General...

The Clark County Law Library is expanding its in-person service hours beginning May 2. It will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on the first floor of the Clark County Courthouse at 1200 Franklin St., Vancouver. Law library staff will continue to offer help remotely during those hours and can be reached at 564-397-2268 or by email at [email protected]. People can find more ...

LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - Almost a year and a half ago, Erica Hammel said good legislation takes time. Now, on the cusp of seven years of work paying off, the mother and advocate of Wyatt's Law, which would create a searchable registry for suspects convicted of child abuse, may finally see her bill pass. Wyatt refers to Hammel's son who was a victim of abuse that caused irreparable brain damag...

The trust fund will benefit public and private lands through grants. Tuesday, Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 606, the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Act, into law. The trust fund can hold a total of $20 million at any given time and the Legislature appropriated $10 million during the 2022 Session. The fund will also allow for additional federal dollars to be funneled to the state i...

Florida’s Attorney General said Wednesday that the White House Press Secretary was guilty of “histrionics” when emoting about a new Florida law, the latest installment in ongoing sniping between Washington and the state Capitol. Ashley Moody told Fox & Friends viewers that recent podcast commentary from Jen Psaki decrying the state’s Parental Rights in Education law missed the point. “Thi...

Airline passengers, some not wearing face masks following the end of the federal mask mandate, sit during a American Airlines flight operated by SkyWest Airlines from Los Angeles International Airport to Denver, on Tuesday. Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word 'sanitation' that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark. When U.S. Dis...

Ohio’s Surprise Billing Law, R.C. § 3902.51, became effective January 12, 2022, but its impact on health plans is still evolving. The law strives to prevent patients from receiving and paying surprise medical bills, specifically those stemming from unanticipated out-of-network care. While the Ohio Surprise Billing Law intends to shield insureds from surprise medical costs, health plans and in...

The law would likely shut down surgical abortion clinics in southwestern Ohio, and the judge's order gives them until mid-June to meet new requirements under the law. In Texas, former State Sen. Wendy Davis has filed a suit challenging the state's strict abortion law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. A judge has blocked early enforcement of an Ohio abortion law signed in Dec...

By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent President Joe Biden signed the Postal Reform Act of 2022 into law April 6. The new law lays the foundation for “a more sustainable and stable financial” outlook for the United States Postal Service, Biden said. Speaking to a bipartisan audience of lawmakers, the president congratulated them for removing an onerous payments scheme that plunged the U...

* Sick flight: airborne passengers remove masks mid flight in response to a Judge overturning federal mask mandates. [Vice] * It’s hip to be kind: Mainers want to extend their Good Samaritan laws. [WMTW] * Not done fighting: Wendy Davis continues the legal fight against SB8. [KTSA] * Governor increases penalties for selling Fentanyl. [WAPT] * Forgiveness ain’t cheap: NJ diocese shells out ove...