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On September 28, 2021, Governor Newsom signed SB 290, which amends certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law (Gov. Code § 65915). Senator Skinner’s SB 290 essentially replicates SB 1085 from 2020, which died, along with several other housing bills, on the Assembly Floor on the final night of the legislative session. In addition to some minor restructuring of Government Code section 65915, S...

WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – U.S. Senators butted heads Wednesday, Sept 29 over Texas’ new, controversial fetal heartbeat law. The debate came during a Judiciary Committee hearing on the law itself and on the way the U.S. Supreme Court handles emergency hearings. READ MORE: Among those who testified, Democratic State Representative Donna Howard of Austin. “The entire bill is just egregious.” Ho...

Lieutenant Emily Perez and Senior Officer Imelda Benavidez Rjasko both hold important positions within the Corpus Christi Police Department. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Lieutenant Emily Perez and Senior Officer Imelda Benavidez Rjasko both hold important positions within the Corpus Christi Police Department working hard to protect our community and paving the way for young Latinas. “They always ...

San Marcos Police Department joins Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement Project  San Marcos Daily Record

California Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to a question while meeting with reporters after casting his recall ballot at a voting center in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The last day to vote in the recall election is Tuesday Sept. 14. A majority of voters must mark "no" on the recall to keep Newsom in office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) SAN DIEGO (CNS) — Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - For the first time this school year, South Carolina schools can now require students and staff mask up. The shift came after a federal judge temporarily blocked the one-year state law limiting school mask mandates on Tuesday, ruling it violates the rights of students with disabilities. Proviso 1.108 states, “No school district, or any of its schools, may use any fund...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) — The Berkshire County District Attorney announced Wednesday that she is adding a violent crime section to the county’s law enforcement task force. The task force will be made up of eight officers from five local police departments who will jointly investigate sexual assaults, high-risk domestic violence, and human trafficking cases. Berkshire County District Attorney...

These escape clauses from our civic compact allow people to claim that such-and-such a law does not apply to them since it conflicts with their “sincerely held religious belief.” A person can claim a religious exemption to the equal opportunity clause that’s required in all federal contracts; to the contraceptive coverage mandate of the Affordable Care Act; and, in some states, to the require...

OWEGO (WNBG) -- A housing project in the Village of Owego could be stopped as some Trustees move to reintroduce part of a flood mitigation law. Tensions continue to be high in the Village as the Trustees go back and forth discussing a compensatory storage law which means if someone builds on their property outside of the foundation of their home, they must remove the same amount of landmass t...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A former drug user turned substance abuse counselor is suing to strike down a state law that he says is preventing people like him from being hired, even as more treatment services are desperately needed. There are 176 barrier crimes on the books in Virginia that disqualify individuals from employment in licensed adult and child behavioral health and developmental servi...