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Pro-choice protesters march outside the Texas State Capitol on Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin. A federal judge is considering arguments Friday on the Justice Department's emergency request to block Texas' controversial new abortion law. Department attorneys and lawyers for the state of Texas are making their case at a virtual hearing before Judge Robert Pitman of the U.S. District Court for the We...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law several criminal justice reforms Thursday, including a bill that would require police officers across California to intervene if they witness excessive force by a fellow officer. AB 26 addresses, in part, the three other Minneapolis police officers present at George Floyd's murder, who have not yet stood trial. As part of the new set of guidelines, officers w...

Vĕra Jourová, the commissioner for values and transparency | François Walschaerts/AFP via Getty Images The European Commission is ready to approve Poland’s recovery plan as soon as November if Warsaw will agree to certain legally binding objectives to restore the rule of law, according to officials familiar with the EU's plan. That would pave the way for the EU to pay out the first installmen...

A federal judge weighing whether to temporarily halt a Texas law limiting abortions said it appears to have been crafted to avoid lawsuits against the state. “I think that’s what this whole statute was designed to do -- to find a proxy for the state that would insulate the state from this sort of judicial oversight that ordinarily would exist,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin said...

A new Connecticut law requiring employers to disclose salary ranges for a vacant position will take effect Friday. WHAT: Under the new workplace law, employers must disclose the salary range for an open position to prospective and current employees. • Prospective employees: Upon their request, before or at the time an employer offers them a position. • Current employees: Change in the their p...

CORRECTION: The anti-hazing bill known as Collin’s Law will go into effect Oct. 7, not a different date as previously reported. This story has been updated with the corrected information. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)–Ohio’s anti-hazing bill – known as Collin’s Law – goes into effect Thursday, Oct. 7. For those who worked to make the law a reality, the road has been a long one and one which they wish...

As Florida waits for a federal appeals court decision to see whether it will be allowed to enforce a new law that prevents social media companies from shutting down accounts of political candidates, some top legal experts predict the law is doomed over challenges that it is flatly unconstitutional. The political fights are likely to continue. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in ...

A parent live streamed the scene of sheriff’s office vehicles. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy Amber Bragg) NEW HANOVER COUNTY –– New Hanover County Schools is investigating an incident Thursday afternoon involving a school bus full of students, numerous sheriff’s vehicles and at least one ambulance. According to officials from the school system and sheriff’s office, a severe fight broke out ...

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested 35 migrants at two locations with the assistance of federal and local partners. On Sept. 30, Brooks County Sheriff’s Office deputies requested assistance from the Falfurrias Border Patrol Station with a vehicle pursuit near Falfurrias. Deputies advised a white Ford F-150 drove through a private property fence befor...

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa — At first glance, a small town in eastern Iowa seemed an unlikely landing spot for a big-city law graduate from Mexico. Jose Zacarias grew up in Leon, Mexico, which had a population of well over 500,000 in the 1980s. When he arrived in West Liberty, Iowa, in 1984, the town had just a few thousand residents. It was an unfamiliar world. "I came here with $20 in my pocket. I ...