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April 20, 2022
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Siegle v. Fitzgerald and United States v. Washington.
In Siegle, the Court is considering whether the 2017 Amendment to the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, which increased quarterly fees for Chapter 11 cases in the Trustee program but not the Bankruptcy Administrator program, violates the uniformity requirement of the Constitution’s Bankruptcy ...
April 20, 2022
A commission helping the Washington state Legislature implement its misguided long-term-care law met Monday for the first time this year.
The Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Commission was given a legislative recap, which included assurances that money had been granted for new actuarial reporting needed for the fund that was created by the law and that is supposed to be financed by a pa...
April 20, 2022
By not taking any action, the Olive Branch Board of Aldermen determined Tuesday night it would stay in with the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program that became law in February.
Hernando aldermen also chose to stay in the law during their meeting Tuesday.
However, the Southaven Board of Aldermen voted to opt out of the program, but at the same time moved to start working on proposing areas of...
April 20, 2022
Law & Order and its trademark format evolved into a massive TV franchise. The original Law & Order ended in 2010, but this year, in the middle of a broader conversation about policing and the problems with police procedurals, NBC has decided to bring the original Law & Order back. The result is a strange effort to replicate an old success in a very different environment.
April 20, 2022
Just over a month after Jacksonville University announced it will open a law school downtown in the fall, the forthcoming entity has received 226 applications for the initial cohort of 20 to 30 students.
About three quarters of the applicants are from Florida — including about 140 from Northeast Florida, said Laura Phelps, senior director of communications at Jacksonville University.
Accordin...
April 20, 2022
Timing, they say, is everything. It certainly plays an outsized role in the public arena where momentous events can galvanize public perception around an issue. We are seeing that exact scenario play out with zero-carbon electricity, where a confluence of events has highlighted the need for every state to embrace clean energy as swiftly as possible.
The U.N. recently released a new report det...
April 19, 2022
a special legislative session in an apparent bid to revoke the entertainment giant's exemption in another controversial law prohibiting social media platforms from blocking political candidates. S. B. 7072, which DeSantis signed last May, forbids social media companies from deplatforming political candidates and revokes tax breaks for violators of the new law, but it appeared to carve out Dis...
April 19, 2022
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Wake Tech honored law enforcement in the Triangle area on Tuesday with an event that highlighted how every day people put their lives on the line for the good of the community.
‘Thank a Hero’ was held Tuesday morning by the college that featured a luncheon for first responders and a special dedication to a recently-fallen Knightdale police officer.
Ryan Hayworth lost hi...
April 19, 2022
Osage Nation symbol is seen. (KTUL)
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — For the first time ever, employees of the Osage Nation are protected by law from sexual harassment and discrimination.
According to Osage Nation Congressman, Eli Potts, people working for tribal nations are exempt from Title VII rights because tribes were not included in the definition of "employer" in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Potts...
April 19, 2022
The Osage Nation flag flies with the American flag. (Courtesy: Osage Nation)
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — For the first time ever, employees of the Osage Nation are protected by law from sexual harassment and discrimination.
According to Osage Nation Congressman, Eli Potts, people working for tribal nations are exempt from Title VII rights because tribes were not included in the definition of "emplo...