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Reese Hamsmith (Change.org, Trista Hamsmith) LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Representative Jodey Arrington has joined with Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly in introducing ‘Reese’s Law,’ safety legislation intended to help prevent deadly button battery ingestion. Lubbock toddler Reese Hamsmith passed away in December 2020 after swallowing a small button battery. These batteries can cause burns to a child’s ...

ST. PAUL — Even with fewer motorists on the road in 2020, unbelted deaths last year were the highest since 2014. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety (DPS-OTS), unbelted fatalities could surpass last year’s numbers by the end of this year. Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 8, preliminary reports show 68 unbelted motorists died on Minnesota roads compared with...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Shawn Shatto took her own life in May 2019 after a long battle with depression. She received step-by-step instructions on how to do it online. Jackie Bieber, Shawn’s mother, has been pushing for the law that will increase penalties for anyone who assists in a suicide of someone under the age of 18 or with intellectual disabilities. Bieber has had to wait a long time. ...

Down syndrome issue at center of Missouri abortion law case  KMOV.com

UNLV's Law School LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law announced today that the Clark County Commission approved a $500,000 allocation, which will be distributed over two years, to the UNLV Immigration Clinic. This additional funding will support the clinic’s work providing legal defense to people facing deportation, especially unaccompanied children and those in detentio...

Western Washington Fred Meyer and QFC stores violated federal labor law last fall when they barred employees from wearing Black Lives Matter buttons at work, according to the National Labor Relations Board. Last week’s finding by the NLRB comes just over a year after Kroger, parent company of Fred Meyer and QFC, sparked a local controversy by ordering workers at Puget Sound-area stores not to...

OKLAHOMA CITY - There’s a roughly 13 year waiting list for people to get home and community-based care for their family members with disabilities. While the state works to eliminate this waiting list, one of their efforts is now being called illegal by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). There was a law passed this year that said a family had to live in Oklahoma for five ye...

Text messages between state GOP chairman, bill sponsor released as discovery material Text messages between state GOP chairman, bill sponsor released as discovery material Text messages between state GOP chairman, bill sponsor released as discovery material JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A record 4.8 million Floridians voted by mail in the 2020 election, and because a single request for an absentee bal...

Then-Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress on January 6. In September 2020, Laurence Tribe cowrote an article on Trump's efforts to undermine the election. The article detailed Trump's belief that Congress, not the Electoral College, could keep him in power. The article was cited by the Trump attorney John Eastman in a two-page memo. A law professor whose work ...

Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images In September 2020, Laurence Tribe co-wrote an article about Trump's efforts to undermine the election. The article detailed Trump's belief that Congress, not the Electoral College, could keep him in power. The article was cited by Trump attorney Jo...