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Pro-choice activists hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a request from abortion-rights advocates and providers to quickly consider taking up their challenge of a restrictive Texas law that bans most abortions after as early as six weeks of pregnancy. The petitioners la...

Fredonia’s trustees approved two changes to the village charter last week. The first change alters the charter to add to Board of Trustees duties, “supervising and directing subordinate officers and employees of the village, and retaining contractors and employees of all lawful purposes relating to the operation and the administration of the village.” The measure indicates that it does not cu...

Three years after first responders in Florida won a hard-fought victory to make mental stress a compensable condition, officers now hope lawmakers can tweak the law to correct some problems. The Florida Police Chiefs Association leaders and law officers from around the state spoke at a legislative hearing last week. They pointed out that the 2018 law gives first responders just a year after a...

The turnout has been low since the Oct. 12 start of early voting for municipal elections across Georgia, which is helping election officials ease into a slew of rules. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder (File 2020) When Marcia Killingsworth noticed some troubling election plans for the Edison citywide election she checked in with the Georgia Secretary of State’s office after feeling local officials...

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(CNN/CBS13) — A soon-to-be-implemented animal welfare law in California is throwing another wrinkle into the pork industry, which has seen products grow more expensive due in part to the supply chain issues and inflationary pressures spurred by the pandemic. The voter-approved measure taking effect on January 1 requires pork products sold within the state to adhere to standards that mother pi...

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Maine lighthouse license plate (WGME) A law banning obscene license plates in Maine takes effect Monday, but getting that foul language off the roads won’t happen overnight. A majority of other states already have laws that restrict license plates that are considered profane -- sexually suggestive -- racist -- drug related -- or religiously offensive. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows s...

Donna Mulvihill Fehrmann Coming out of law school, I almost took a job with the Manhattan District Attorney's office. Decades later, with recent personal experience working on wrongful conviction cases, I have frequently wondered why I thought I wanted to be a prosecutor. Today, I have a front row seat to how our justice system is failing so many people, disproportionately people of color who...

Florida law enforcement killed three suspects in separate incidents over the weekend, one of them allegedly armed with a rifle and the other two with knives. The first shooting happened Saturday night in Tarpon Springs. City police say they responded to calls about 9:25 p.m. and found a man at an intersection pointing a rifle at passing cars. They opened fire when he pointed the rifle at them...