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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recently signed a bill into law that loosens some restrictions on alcohol in the state. The new law allows cities to create "social districts," where people can drink outside of restaurants and bars in certain areas. These social districts would allow customers to buy, carry and drink liquor in the streets outside of bars and restaurants in tho...

Missouri will no longer be the only state in the nation without a prescription drug monitoring program. A new state law has begun that will allow the creation of the database – for doctors to check for cases of suspected drug misuse. Through a compromise, a private board, made up of people in the medical field, will oversee the program. After nine years of sponsoring the bill, State Senator H...

At one point in time, if the phone rang in the kitchen and the family was watching TV in the living room, there was little hesitation for someone to cross the room and answer it. The caller at the other end of the line was no doubt familiar. Perhaps a grandparent calling just to say hello. Or a doctor’s office confirming an appointment. Or a neighbor asking if someone had seen their lost pet....

Submitted by the Minnesota BCA (KNSI) – Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help finding a woman who was last seen on Friday. The Pine County Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old Ashley Carlson was last seen east of Hinckley. It is unknown what she was last wearing or her direction and means of travel. She does not have her personal belongings with her. She is 5 foot 9 and weighs approxim...

State officials, including Gov. Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Joseph Giulietti, will be holding a news conference Monday afternoon to raise awareness for a new rear seat belt law. The new law goes into effect on Oct. 1. Under the new law, signed as "Public Act No. 21-175," will require all occupants of a vehicle, regardless of age, to wear a seat belt. Previously, adult passenger...

The University of Maine System is preparing to move its law school, business school and other programs from 246 Deering Ave., Portland, at left, to a temporary site in the Old Port District. The University of Maine System may decide Monday afternoon whether to spend $6 million on outfitting new, temporary digs for its law school and graduate center in Portland. The system’s board of trustees ...

ACLU-NJ Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson. (Photo courtesy of ACLU-NJ). Civil rights lawyer Karen Thompson, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), was named attorney of the year last Thursday by the New Jersey Law Journal, the state’s most prominent law publication. Thompson argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court several times in 2020 and...

MGN NEWINGTON, CT (WFSB) - A new law mandating seat belts for rear adult passengers goes into effect on Friday. Gov. Ned Lamont scheduled a news conference for noon on Monday in Newington. Lamont signs bill mandating rear seatbelts for adults If pulled over, both the passenger and the driver would each get get a $50 ticket. "The top reason for adults not using belts is they perceived it t...

A new law passed in Los Angeles aims to tamp down on protests targeting private homes, casting a spotlight on a trend that appears to have grown across the country. The Los Angeles City Council approved the law last week, banning protesters from organizing demonstrations within 300 feet from targeted private homes. It comes after protesters most recently showed up at the homes of Los Angeles ...

US President Donald Trump shakes Ike Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment, hand before signing an executive order at the US Department of Veterans Affairs April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images House Democrats on Monday accused three Donald Trump associates — including billionaire Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter — of breaking the law as they ...