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By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge on Friday allowed a series of challenges to a new state elections law to move forward, setting the stage for a showdown over Republican legislators’ efforts to make it more difficult for Floridians to vote by mail and for organizations to conduct voter-registration drives. The Florida Conference of the NAACP, Disability Ri...

California took another step toward its goal of ridding the state of all gas-powered engines thanks to a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday. The new law will ban the sale of all off-road, gas-powered engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers, and even golf carts. Under the new law, these machines must be zero-emissions, meaning the...

GOP senators raise conflict of interest concerns over Garland's son-in-law's education company  Denver Gazette

Whiting Forensic Division in Middletown on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. The hospital provides treatment and evaluation services for patients with mental health conditions who are involved in the criminal justice system, or are not ready to be safely treated in less restrictive settings. After two check-ins with staff in the late evening of Aug. 15, 2020, a patient at Whiting Forensic Hospital pull...

The International Monetary Fund’s executive board plans to speak with law firm WilmerHale and then fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in rare Sunday meetings as it pushes to finish an ethics review that has become a central topic at the lender, according to people familiar with the plan. The meetings are planned for Sunday afternoon, according to two people with knowledge of the plans, who asked...

Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images Austin, TX – Megan Thee Stallion is sounding off on the restrictive abortion law in her home state of Texas. During her set at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin on Friday (October 8), the Houston native took time to blast lawmakers who created the law barring women who are more than six weeks pregnant from obtaining the procedure. “This middle fin...

Task force considers changes to qualified immunity for Illinois law enforcement officers (Springfield, IL) – A new state task force continued discussions Thursday as to what changes could be made to the way state law approaches qualified immunity for law enforcement officers. Qualified immunity is a court doctrine granting protection for law enforcement officers and other government officials...

Photo Courtesy GBI The scene of a shootout Friday Night in Claxton near the intersection of Ponderosa Road and Firetower Road that left one man dead is shown above. A Claxton man was shot and killed by law enforcement Friday night after he spurred a high-speed chase and fired shots at officers, according to a release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. GBI Special Agent in Charge...

If I am a business that transacts business with the state or any local government in the state, are my business records subject to disclosure under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)? Yikes, they might be. The FOIA legislation declares flat out that it is the policy of the state that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government. The...

Police, faith leaders come together to support law enforcement  Effingham Daily News