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A LOOK BACK | District court rules state law unconstitutional in historic move  coloradopolitics.com

Revision to Open Meetings Law Gov. Kathy Hochul enacted a law on Tuesday (Oct. 19) that requires local, county and the state government to make any documents that will be discussed at open meetings available online or by request at least 24 hours in advance. The statute, a revision to the Open Meetings Law, passed unanimously earlier this year in the state Senate and Assembly. The previous la...

Burleigh County prosecutor says state law limits options with nuisance OHVs  Bismarck Tribune

BEIJING -- China’s top legislative body on Saturday passed a law to strengthen the country's land borders amid rising tensions with India over disputed territory and concerns over a possible influx of Islamic extremists from Afghanistan. The move comes as authorities look to prevent border incidents flaring in the run up to a once-every-five-years congress in the fall of 2022 to decide the Co...

Scoppe: Voting law debates aren't mainly about stopping fraud, or protecting voting rights  Charleston Post Courier

This June 8, 2021 file photo shows the Supreme Court building in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case in early November. The justices said Friday that they will decide whether the Justice Department and abortion providers can sue in federal c...

Letter: Far-right extremists aren't above the law  Yakima Herald-Republic

A former employee told the Kalispell Police Department he “would like to speak to someone about the hell that’s about to break loose.” There was no further information provided. A man suspected drug activity and stolen property being moved at a neighbor’s house because two young men wearing hoodies entered the residence. He was counseled by the KPD. Someone called the police about a man hamme...

Nothing creates unity more effectively than division. All too often, societies have defined themselves by what and who they are not: Here is what we value and believe, and if you don’t, then out with you. Constructing a community through exclusion entails the denial of full citizenship rights or human status to certain people, often those who differ in appearance, language, or “culture” writ ...

I began this fight 10 years ago, when my community in Orange County, New York, was slated for a fracked gas infrastructure project. I was a stay-at-home mom raising four children, then aged 19, 14, 12 and nine. My entire focus was their wellbeing. So when I got a letter that said, “Your new neighbour is going to be a natural gas compressor station”, I was kind of catapulted into it. At that p...