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The European Union as soon as this week may trigger a new tool that allows it to withhold budget payments to member states that fail to adhere to the bloc’s democratic standards. The so-called conditionality mechanism came into force this year and hasn’t yet been used by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm. If utilized, the mechanism could freeze billions of euros in budgetary p...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Alarmed and at the same time energized by a Texas law that bans most abortions, abortion-rights advocates in the General Assembly are targeting what people on both sides of the contentious issue consider the last restriction on access to abortion in Illinois. Democrats in the House and Senate are pushing to repeal a law requiring that a parent or guardian be notified at l...

WOOD COUNTY, Ohio (WTVG) - Wood County law enforcement agencies are increasing patrol efforts in an effort to reduce the number of crashes in rural areas. Starting Sunday, Oct. 17 through Saturday, Oct. 23, troopers, deputies, and officers will focus on impaired driving, safety belt violations, and speed violations. Ohio State Highway Patrol said there will be zero tolerance for violations. I...

People wearing hats and patches indicating they are part of Oath Keepers attend a rally at Freedom Plaza Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump. In early summer 2018, it looked as though Oregon voters might get a chance to ban assault weapons in the state. It was barely two months since a shooter had killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Schoo...

The Lake County sheriff’s office has released more details about a new program designed to provide support to people freshly released from jail to help them successfully reenter society. “We have learned the first 30 days after being released from custody is a very crucial time period for inmates,” Sheriff John Idleburg said. “We want inmates to have the tools available to be successful membe...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – A deadly weekend on the state’s west coast after law enforcement officers killed two people in separate incidents. The first shooting happened Saturday night in Tarpon Springs. Police said 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, hitting him numerous ti...

Four teens escape juvenile detention building in St. Louis, police say  STLtoday.com

A law professor at the University of New Mexico was the victim of a car theft in broad daylight during a lecture on Albuquerque crime delivered by a George Soros-backed district attorney. "My maroon 2018 Hyundai Sonata was stolen from the law school parking lot yesterday afternoon sometime between 2:00 and 5:30 p.m." law professor Mary Pareja wrote in an email to law students last Wednesday m...

Special to the Round Rock Leader “All rise, Williamson County Court is now in session,” announces a lithe, youthful judge in the Precinct 3 justice of the peace courtroom in Georgetown. A 16-year-old prosecutor presents the case against a 16-year-old youth charged with driving 11 to 20 mph above the speed limit. Also seated is a jury of peers, attentively listening to the judge who says, “B...

Parkland Commissioner Jordan Isrow has joined the newly-formed Government Law Group (GLG) as a partner. Isrow won the election for the District 2 seat on the Parkland Commission in Nov. 2020. He earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law before beginning a career as an attorney. He’ll now join GLG, which lawyers Keith Poliakoff and Neil Schiller founded earlier this year. “Fro...