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POWER Act Helps State and Local Law Enforcement Obtain Drug Screening Devices Used by Federal Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined his colleagues in introducing the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation designed to provide state and local law enforcement with high-tech devices to detect and identify dang...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There are quite a few changes and additions coming to the Sunshine State's laws on Oct. 1. Most notably there is the long-awaited minimum wage hike, but a revised age limit for purchasing tobacco and nicotine products and the "Child Safety Alarm Act" will also be put in place. So, since there's a lot to navigate, here's a breakdown of what you can expect to see on Friday: ...

Copyright Getty Images Photo by: Joe Raedle A judge's gavel is seen on February 2, 2009 in Miami, Florida. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri law seeking to ban most abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy led to a legal battle Wednesday before the state's highest court over whether the people's right to overturn laws passed by the Legislature has been illegally limited by procedural hurdles. ...

Law enforcement agencies in the Waterloo, Iowa, area continue to make communities safer by partnering to reduce gun related crimes and violence. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced charges and arrests involving nineteen individuals charged with federal gun crimes within the last week. “Federal, state and local law enforcement remain committed to red...

What you need to know: On September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released its proposed tax plan to fund President Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” social and economic spending package. If enacted as currently drafted, the plan would bring sweeping changes to the tax law, including a reduction of the federal estate and gift tax exemption and the generation-skipping tra...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed off on $55 billion in spending Wednesday, completing the state’s budget in the process. Coupled with the K-12 school aid budget singed earlier this year, the overall budget totals $70 billion. Gov. Whitmer signed bills SB 82 and HB 4400 on Wednesday at Lansing Community College’s West Campus. “This is a budget that puts Michiganders first. We are coming togeth...

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM An Emory University law professor who is President Joe Biden’s pick for a vacant seat on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission reported earning a $205,813 salary from the school, according to her financial disclosure. Kristin Johnson, who joined the Emory faculty at the beginning of 2021, specializes in financial mar...

That’s the biggest gap between debt and earnings among the top 100 law schools as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal data found. University of Miami law school graduate Dylan Boigris now owes nearly $300,000 in student debt, including interest and undergraduate debt.

Nixon Peabody’s Chicago office at sunrise. Courtesy photo What You Need to Know Nixon Peabody and Lowenstein Sandler have embraced flexibility but view their new spaces as critical to preserving culture. Lowenstein Sandler is growing from just over 100,000 to 125,000 square feet in Midtown Manhattan. Nixon Peabody has downsized from 82,000 to 75,000 square feet in Chicago. Nixon Peabody an...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs the remainder of Michigan's budget for the coming fiscal year Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Lansing Community College West Campus. (Lauren Gibbons | MLive) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a new state budget buoyed by federal COVID-19 aid into law Wednesday, hailing the deal as a bipartisan win for residents despite a handful of line-item vetoes and provisions she sa...