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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 Rights Florida, the League of Women Voters ...

The world’s biggest corporate law firms have been making millions of dollars representing fossil fuel companies but, as the climate crisis intensifies, this work is coming under increasing scrutiny. Over the last five years, the 100 top ranked law firms in the US facilitated $1.36tn of fossil fuel transactions, represented fossil fuel clients in 358 legal cases and received $35m in compensati...

The left-wing education company co-founded by Merrick Garland’s son-in-law used a training session for teachers focused on “systemic racism," recommending an article that referred to Trump rally-goers as “examples of white supremacy” akin to the Ku Klux Klan. Panorama Education, co-founded by Xan Tanner, who is the group’s president, claims it has made its way into thousands of schools in the...

Garland son-in-law's company recommends article calling Trump fans white supremacists  Colorado Springs Gazette

Special to Naples Daily News Q: Our board passed a motion to do something. The motion passed and the meeting was adjourned. Now a board member wants to cancel the action for which the motion was made and passed. How can this be done? L.G., Naples A: Roberts Rules of Order, which although not law, provides that there are two types of motions to do this but, in your case, both motions must be...

USA TODAY Texas abortion law is back as appeals court weighs issue Just as abortion clinics across Texas began rushing to serve patients for the first time since early September they find themselves again bound by the state's abortion law as the weekend gets underway. A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, per the law. It took effect in S...

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California will outlaw the sale of new gas-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and chain saws as early as 2024 under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. SACRAMENTO — California will outlaw the sale of new gas-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and chain saws as early as 2024 under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday. The law requires all newly sold small-motor equipment primaril...

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018, file photo, Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Campbell, watches the debate over a bill during the Assembly session in Sacramento, Calif. California is the first state to require large department stores to display products like toys and toothbrushes in gender neutral ways. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. This is the third time Democrats in the st...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California will soon ban the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers, a move aimed at curbing emissions from a category of small engines on pace to produce more pollution each year than passenger vehicles. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Saturday that orders state regulators to ban the sale of new gas-powered equipment using small off-road engines, a b...