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Backed by Gov. Mike Parson, proposals would increase the cost of access to public records Under the proposed changes, the scope of what’s public under Missouri's open records law would be diminished (Getty Images). An expansive set of proposed changes to Missouri’s open records law backed by Gov. Mike Parson has transparency advocates alarmed that legislators may be poised to undermine the la...

The towers of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, one of the two plants that were to receive $150 million in subsides from the bailout known as House Bill 6. Those subsidies were repealed in 2021. The Ohio Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration, saying they’re breaking the state’s public records law in turning over documents with information blacked out. T...

The Health 202 Today’s edition: The FDA is limiting the use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine due to rare blood clots. In Louisiana, a bill to charge abortion as homicide gained traction in committee. But first … But to Democrats, the largely symbolic vote has significance. In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft, the party wants to put senators on record and use lawmakers’...

A UAB pediatrician testified Thursday that an Alabama law criminalizing gender-transitioning medical treatment for transgender youth would force doctors to choose between committing a felony and violating the Hippocratic oath. “This will force us into a place of risking a felony conviction for providing evidence-based care or turning our back on the Hippocratic oath and literally doing harm,”...

Mia Raven displays the transgender flag alongside a group of protestors outside the Alabama Statehouse on Wednesday opposing a bill that would ban puberty blockers from being prescribed to minors. The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday afternoon. (Jacob Holmes / APR) A report released Monday by leading physicians and law experts from Yale University finds Alabama’s law crimin...

To keep up with the latest local news subscribe to our TV20 newsletter HERE and receive news straight to your email every morning. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - North Central Florida law enforcement officers are participating in the Special Olympics Torch Run. Special Olympians will be joining them for the run. Event organizers recommend runners purchase a shirt before the run as a donation to t...

Credit: PlusONE/Shutterstock.com Hardly a week goes by without at least one large law firm hiring in private equity or trying to revamp their practice in some way. This week it was White & Case that announced a new London private equity department head, while Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe bolstered its U.K. venture capital team. Squire Patton Boggs secured a series of European hires ...

Credit: Piscine26/Adobe Stock Last year, as COVID-19 mandates and concerns eased, firms transitioned from a fully remote environment to a hybrid workflow. But when lawyers and staff returned back to the office, it wasn’t just the dust that collected on their desks that needed to be addressed. Law firm leaders and their tech consultants discovered that pre-pandemic office protocols don’t suffi...

(Left to right) House Natural Resources Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) are sponsoring mining reform bills. Francis Chung/E&E News Democrats and Republicans alike say now could be the time to overhaul the 150-year-old federal law governing mining, but finding enough common ground to strike a deal will prove challenging. Bipartisan interest in mining policy ...

missing SOURCE: wapt DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for 77-year-old Eugene Seals Jr. of Southaven, Desoto County, Mississippi. He is described as a Black male, 6 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 250 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen Thursday, May 5, at about 12:30 p.m. in the 8000 block of Jordan View Drive in Desoto...