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September 29, 2021

4-year degrees at community colleges, pandemic protections for business: 12 new laws that may affect you - AZCentral.com

4-year degrees at community colleges, pandemic protections for business: 12 new laws that may affect you  AZCentral.com
September 29, 2021

California Enacts Law to Help Tribes Recover Ancestral Lands - Sierra Sun Times

SB 712 by Senator Hueso requires local governments to evaluate fee-to-trust acquisition applications more fairly September 29, 2021 - SACRAMENTO – Last Friday on Native American Day, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 712, Senator Ben Hueso’s (D-San Diego) legislation to rectify long-standing discriminatory practices by local governments that have deprived Native Americans o...
September 29, 2021

Judge temporarily blocks key aspect of new Arizona abortion law - Reuters

Sept 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked a key aspect of a new Arizona abortion law that would have allowed felony charges to be laid against doctors for terminating a pregnancy solely on the basis of a hereditary abnormality in the fetus. U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes raised concerns in an order granting a partial preliminary injunction against the law, according to a...
September 29, 2021

The Point, Sept. 29, 2021: Gainesville, Alachua County Law Enforcement Add More Mental Health Co-Responder Teams - WUFT

Subscribe to The Point to invite us into your inbox with the most important Florida news from Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Gainesville Police Department Makes Mental Health a Top Priority. “For over three years, police officers and clinicians at the Gainesville Police and Alachua County Sheriff’s Departments have been working to address local mental health issues through their...
September 29, 2021

Hong Kong changes law to protect Chinese flag from desecration, 'insult' - UPI News

Soldiers participate in a flag-raising ceremony at a naval base in Hong Kong. Among other things, the new law requires schools to display the Chinese flag, hold flag-raising ceremonies each week and teach students about the flag's history. File Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed a bill on Wednesday that bars the desecration of the Chinese national flag o...
September 29, 2021

California Passes Hourly-Wage Law in Move That Could Overhaul Abuse-Ridden Garment Manufacturing Sector - The Fashion Law

Fashion Nova made headlines in late 2019 when it was revealed that behind the fast fashion behemoth’s $25 denim and $35 velvet dresses was a web of “secret underpaid workers” laboring in factories in Los Angeles in order to churn out low-cost – but utterly Instagrammable – garments and accessories that have been heavily endorsed by mega-stars like Cardi B and the Kardashian/Jenners. According...
September 29, 2021

FBI releases more photos of wanted insurrectionists, suspected of attacking law enforcement - WDVM 25

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WRIC) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is still working to apprehend rioters that stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Since the insurrection, the FBI has been sharing images of participants accused of assaulting law enforcement officers as they rioted inside and outside of the building. On Monday, the Washington office shared new updated photos of suspects. Any...
September 29, 2021

'No matter how wealthy you are, no one is above the law': New York court rejects Sotheby's attempt to dismiss suit alleging it helped collector evade tax on $27m of art - Art Newspaper

Sotheby's New York headquarters on York Avenue Last October, the New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Sotheby’s alleging that, between 2010 and 2015, the auction house helped a “valued client” avoid paying city and state sales tax on $27m in art purchases in order to boost its own sales. On Monday, the Surpreme Court of the State of New York denied Sotheby’s attempt...
September 29, 2021

Enid attorney suspended from practicing law in Oklahoma for 1 more year - Enid News & Eagle

Robert Faulk The state Supreme Court has suspended an Enid attorney who’d pleaded guilty to domestic abuse from practicing the law for another year. According to the opinion written by Justice Dustin Rowe, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma held that there is “clear and convincing evidence” that the totality of Robert Faulk’s conduct warrants a two-year suspension from the date of his...
September 29, 2021

Kansas legalized to-go cocktails earlier this year. Here's what liquor changes lawmakers may consider next. - The Topeka Capital-Journal

Once the land of the country's toughest liquor laws and the birthplace of its most ardent opponents to the evil of the drink, including the hatchet wielding Carrie Nation, Kansas has made strides in modernizing its liquor laws in recent years. Lawmakers are weighing what changes, if any, should come next. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a wave of moves, including the birth of to-go cocktails...