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BYU law students looking at overseas options for learning. (Courtesy BYU Law School) A handful of lucky Brigham Young University law students are going to be the first to embark on overseas studies that will parallel internships in legal and financial institutions in Europe. On Wednesday, BYU announced two new programs focused on preparing the next generation of leaders in the legal practice....

CINCINNATI — A new law going into effect Wednesday bans vaccine mandates in Ohio public schools. The law was passed in July and bans public school mandates of any vaccine that has not been fully approved by the FDA. Pfizer has been fully approved for anyone over the age of 16. Cincinnati Public Schools are as affected as any district by the new law. “We’re the only district in Ohio who has a ...

Before he got banned from Twitter, Donald Trump was the prolific prima donna of caustic, inflammatory, unhinged tweets. Now, Seattle has its own aspirant to Trump-style messaging: Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, the leftist candidate for city attorney. In answer to a benign holiday message from acting Police Chief Adrian Diaz last year, Thomas-Kennedy sent the following: “Eat some covid laced shit &am...

Emory students joined protesters in front of the Georgia Capitol on Oct. 2 for the Rally and March for Reproductive Justice that called for safe and affordable access to abortion and the blockage of mounting legislation to limit abortion rights. The event was part of a national movement that drew thousands of people across the U.S. on Saturday and reacted to Texas’s controversial new law, SB ...

California’s governor recently signed SB 41 into law. The bill enacts the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). The governor rejected a similar bill last year over concerns about COVID-19 public health efforts. To address that concern, this bill exempts tests used to diagnose whether an individual has a specific disease. California’s law adds to the existing federal and state patchwork of l...

House Bill 178, 'Makenna's Law,' is introduced to lawmakers CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill in response to the injuries a then 7-year-old girl suffered at a water park. House Bill 178, named “Makenna’s Law,” will limit water pressure at splash pads, spas, pools and water parks across the state. It also requires owners of the water entertainment areas to make th...

Tallahassee will mount a legal challenge to HB1, the state’s “anti-riot” law, with commissioners saying it infringes on free speech and encroaches on home rule. In a unanimous vote Wednesday, Tallahassee City Commissioners committed to engaging pro bono legal services to challenge the legislation that was among Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top 2021 priorities. Mayor John Dailey first pitched challengi...

McGrath’s mole is going to stick around the squad room for the foreseeable future. Octavio Pisano has been promoted to series regular on Law & Order: SVU, TVLine has learned. The actor first appeared on the NBC procedural earlier this season when his character. Det. Joe Velasco, was a super-secret undercover officer involved in SVU’s bust of Congressman Howard. He later helped Rollins tra...

GSA Entertainment We’ll be seeing more of Octavio Pisano on Law & Order: SVU. Pisano, who portrays Detective Joe Velasco, has been promoted to series regular on the NBC procedural. Pisano’s Joe Velasco is a former undercover and detective under Chief McGrath (Terry Serpico) who’s been assigned to the SVU. Pisano has appeared in 3 episodes so far, beginning with the season 23 premiere. S...

News Legislation targets sales of new 'small off-road engine' equipment A gas-powered leaf blower, lawnmower and other tools used by a gardening crew sit in the back of a pickup truck in Palo Alto. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber. Nearly three decades after Peninsula cities began implementing bans on gas-powered leaf blowers, the effort has found a foothold at the state level,...