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EUGENE, Ore. – Local law enforcement, school districts and more are seeking funding through measures in the November election. Ballots must be turned in at an official drop-off site by 8 p.m. tonight to be counted. Western Lane Ambulance District is seeking to pass a five-year option levy for services. The first levy was passed in 2012 in response to an increased 911 call volume and need for ...

BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday banning the display of hate symbols on publicly owned entities, like fire and police departments and school districts. The law was prompted by incidents last year on Long Island, where Confederate flags were hung. READ MORE: One was paraded on a fire truck amid an uptick in troubling incidents. Swastikas we...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday that could make it much easier for New Yorkers to carry firearms in public. Since 1913, New York has had a “proper cause” requirement to carry a gun in public areas. This makes it necessary for New Yorkers seeking a so-called conceal-carry permit to show a heightened need for self-defense. The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association is c...

BirdsBirds sing, flitting between apple branches heavy with fruit in Kyrrah’s backyard. Fennel and basil plants fan an herbaceous scent from a raised garden bed nearby. The smell, fresh and delicate, hangs in the air as Kyrrah recounts the day he was arrested for taking food. Now a software developer and college professor, in 1997 at age 27, Kyrrah was homeless and starving. He hadn’t eaten i...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – About 80% of Johnson City Schools’ students are masked at school along with all staff, but that will change if a bill passed during last week’s special legislative session becomes law. Superintendent Steve Barnett said the law would force school systems to make masks optional unless county 14-day case averages are at what he called a “really high” threshold. The t...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a new law that prohibits school districts and fire and police departments from selling or displaying symbols of hate. The legislation was introduced after two separate incidents happened on Long Island last year. A Confederate flag was displayed on a Brookhaven firetruck during a parade. The Levittown Fire Department had a Confederate flag displayed in their window as...

Screenshot: YouTube Dear Governor Hochul and Senator Gounardes: I get it. No one likes to hear a straight-piped G35 (it’s always the Vee Cue Boys) banging off the rev limiter at three in the morning. No one wants to be subjected to the grating, trumpet-like echo of those three and a half liters, bouncing its way between every high-rise in the borough. There are just two problems with your res...

GREENE CO, Ohio (WDTN) – Issue number 1 on the November 2 ballot in Greene County this year is a “Proposed Sales and Use Tax” levy which would support criminal and administrative justice systems. If approved, the sales tax would be a quarter of 1%, or for every $100 dollars spent in Greene County, 25 cents would go towards funding the levy. “It’s not a property tax, it’s a sales tax increase,...

China has recently joined the list of countries that have adopted the world’s strictest data-privacy laws. Given China’s desirability as both a market for and a source of data, companies worldwide have started making early efforts to mitigate the impact of these new requirements on their businesses. This client alert provides five concrete steps that an organization can take now that China’s ...

SEC accused Matthew Panuwat of insider trading ahead of merger Trades were in the same industry, not the deal participants' He argues novel case violates due process, should be tossed (Reuters) - A pharmaceutical executive said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stretched insider trading law when it sued him over trades in an outside company, asking for the case to be dismissed. Ma...