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Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8, known as the “heartbeat bill,” into law May 19. (Screenshot from Governor’s Office Facebook Live broadcast) AUSTIN (KXAN) — Fox News anchor Chris Wallace pressed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for answers as to why the “Texas Heartbeat Act” doesn’t have exceptions for rape and incest during a segment on Fox News Sunday. In a nearly 12-minute interview on sever...

Evening rush hour traffic is shown slow moving northbound March 26, 2004, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Interstate 95. (The Center Square) – Back seat passengers traveling through Connecticut will have to buckle up beginning Friday. Gov. Ned Lamont signed a law in July requiring passengers in automobiles to wear a seat belt no matter where they are sitting. The current law, which exp...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a hit-and-run driver who hit two deputies with his red Ford pickup during a traffic stop on Sept. 28. It happened just after 9:30 a.m. on WB I-20. The truck, described as a late 90s model or early 2000s extended cab also stuck another car. It then fled the location. The truck will likely have damage to right and rea...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best and Best’s Insurance Professional Resources havereleased the latest installment of the Best's Insurance Law Podcast series, which examines timely insurance issues from a legal perspective. This episode discusses how insurance professionals and their counsel overcome structured settlement obstacles and how those challenges affect today’s claims landscape...

Jackson Lewis Law Firm Logo On September 27, 2021, the Governor signed Senate Bill 62 (SB 62), which expands the definition of the garment manufacturing industry for purposes of wage claim enforcement to include brand guarantors. A brand guarantor is a person who contracts for the performance of garment manufacturing. SB 62 specifies that a garment manufacturer, contractor, or brand guarantor...

Download mp3 (951.56 KB) Massive income tax cuts passed by the Arizona Legislature earlier this year and a series of election law changes could be put on hold until voters weigh in next year if opponents turn in enough signatures by a midnight Tuesday deadline. A coalition of education advocates believe they have gathered enough signatures to put at least one and possibly three new tax cut la...

Texas' new social media censorship law makes it harder to control spam, a California law professor warns. "The bill says you cannot 'impede' email based on its content, which is what every spam filter does, unless the email service provides a process for the spammer to contest the blocking," Goldman explains. "The nuance is email services aren't in the business of hearing billions of complain...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — A series of new laws will hit the books Friday after being passed during the legislative session that ended in April. Many new laws took effect July 1, the start of the state fiscal year. Topping the list is a bill (HB 1080) that creates a state regulatory framework for the sale of electronic cigarettes. Among other things, the bill will raise the state’s legal ag...

Capt. David MacAlpine (Photo: NHSO) NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Hundreds of law enforcement officers and community members are gathering to celebrate the life of a New Hanover County sheriff’s captain who recently died from COVID-19. The funeral service for Captain David MacAlpine, 53, is happening today at the Wilson Center in downtown Wilmington. Law enforcement vehicles lined up in dow...

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.Alexa Gagosz/Globe Staff PROVIDENCE — How heavy will the millstone be? That’s the question Attorney General Peter F. Neronha kept in mind as he pushed for a new law that would reclassify personal-use possession of 10 grams or less of certain drugs – such as cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl – as misdemeanors rather than felonies. “The real impact is ...