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Protesters gathered earlier this month in Tampa to support Jamie Bullock, who was arrested last year before the anti-riot bill was signed into law. Her supporters are concerned more protesters will be arrested under the new law, even if they're peacefully protesting. Judith Scully, a Stetson University law professor, racial justice advocate, and a critic of the law, tells WUSF's Daylina Mil...

Jeff Turner / CC BY 2.0 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Governor Newsom signed a bill into law on Thursday that helps local nonprofits and small businesses. Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham's (R-San Luis Obispo) bill goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, and allows breweries, wineries and distilleries to donate proceeds from selling their products to local nonprofits. The bill aims to fix a nearly century-old...

Massimo Renzo has been appointed as the new Yeoh Tiong Lay Chair and Director of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law at King’s College London (KCL). Professor Renzo, previously a professor of Politics, Law, and Philosophy at KCL and the acting director of the Yeoh Centre, was selected for the endowed chair and directorship following an open search to fill the position....

California’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed the US state’s new bill on offshore wind into law on 23 September, along with several other bills focused on climate and clean energy efforts, drought and wildfire preparedness. The offshore wind bill (AB 525), which directs state agencies to develop a strategic plan for offshore wind resources in California, was introduced by Assemblymember David Ch...

Kalispell Parks and Recreation received a complaint about a man “screaming in the park.” The man told the Kalispell Police Department he was “just reading his Bible and singing loudly.” A man thought his vehicle might have been stolen, even though there wasn’t any gas in the tank. The key fob was left in the vehicle, but the man tried to report the supposed theft while he was “out on the lake...

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "my own choice" at a protest against Poland's near-total ban on abortion on Jan. 28.WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images Since Texas effectively banned most abortions, I’ve been in a state of perpetual deja vu. The media coverage and the language used at both ends of the political spectrum all ring close to home. Weirdly so, given that home is 5,000 miles ...

The U.S. House on Friday approved a bill that Democrats say will protect a person's access to abortion. Passage of the Women's Health Protection Act is a response to a Texas law that essentially bans abortion after six weeks, before most people realize they are pregnant. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the law from taking effect, although the decision leaves the door open for future c...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban's executions...

BRUSSELS — For the past few years, Hungary and Poland have repeatedly gone up against the long-established rules and values of the European Union, even though they are members. They have challenged the supremacy of E.U. law and circumvented rulings from the bloc’s highest court. Brussels has responded with reprimands and warnings, but in Budapest and Warsaw, they have been received as empty t...

Welcome to the Friday, September 24, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: North Carolina court strikes down voter ID law as unconstitutional Your support every month will help voters every day U.S. Supreme Court releases December argument calendar North Carolina court strikes down voter ID law as unconstitutional On Sept. 17, a three-judge panel of the Wake County Sup...