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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit. Tanya Moutzalias | MLive More than four years after the federal government brought criminal charges against two Michigan doctors and four mothers accused of subjecting children to religious-based female genital mutilation, the case was thrown out of federal court Tuesday. While the federal law outlawing female genital mutila...

Local organizations continue their fight for women's health care rights as two new state laws aim to protect the life of the unborn. Medical providers, already fighting Senate Bill 8 that allows citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who receives or performs an abortion after the six-week mark, are now fighting against Senate Bill 4. The newly signed bill prevents physicians from providing ...

All political documents in Iowa are required to be in English, with the exception of voting materials in two counties. LULAC claims that disenfranchises voters. SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa — Iowa's chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens - better known as LULAC - is preparing for a lawsuit over the state's so-called "English-only" laws. Currently, the state follows guidance from the 2...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In a committee hearing Tuesday, Texas senators were furious that natural gas companies won’t have to better prepare their facilities for extreme weather before this winter and rebuked the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s massive oil and gas industry, for not fixin...

Gov. Henry McMaster says the enforcement of Columbia's mask mandate is a violation of state law South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster spoke on the mandate imposed by the City of Columbia during a press conference on Monday, August 9, 2021. By Tracy Glantzcaptions and subtitles off, selected South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster spoke on the mandate imposed by the City of Columbia during a ...

Winston Boogie Smith The Crow Wing County attorney in central Minnesota is reviewing evidence and will make a charging decision in the fatal shooting of Winston "Boogie" Smith Jr. in a parking ramp in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood by members of a federal law enforcement task force. Donald Ryan, who has held the post for 27 years, said Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman looked 125 miles ...

Napa County polishing proposed micro-winery law  Napa Valley Register

Residents wondering how the voting process is changing Residents wondering how the voting process is changing HOUSTON – How to vote in Texas is a hot topic of conversation, especially since the 2020 election. Members of the Harris County Elections Office are concerned that recent headlines from State Senate Bill 1 named the “Election Integrity Protection Act of 2021″ could deter people from ...

James D. Morgan/Getty Images The Motion Picture Association and the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program have teamed up to diversify one area of Hollywood that is often overlooked in conversations about inclusion: business and government affairs. The MPA-EICOP Entertainment & Law Policy Fellowship is a yearlong paid program that will give two recent college or law school ...

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - We’ve noticed many of you in Aiken County are reporting missing or stolen pets. Specifically in the Kitchings Mill area. We reached out to the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office which says most people with missing pets don’t file a police report. We talked to deputies about the steps you can take to bring your four-legged friends home. “She’s always been running around th...