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Starting October 1, retailers will be adding a five-cent surcharge on miniature bottles of liquor that are known as "nips.'' Here, Bob Dargan purchases a pack of "nip" bottles in 2019 from Mina Patel at the Grog Shop of Meriden liquor store. HARTFORD — New laws will be taking effect Oct. 1 regarding recreational marijuana, recycling, smoking, employment of older workers, domestic violence, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) — Iowa lawmakers will likely revisit changing the bottle bill this upcoming legislative session. KCRG reports the debate has been ongoing for many years. Redemption centers say they don't make enough money off a penny handling fee, but grocery stores have sanitary concerns over redemption locations being inside stores. During the pandemic, many Iowans stopped taking th...

A Texas doctor who admitted in an op-ed to violating the state's new law that bans abortion after six weeks has been sued, court documents show. Two lawsuits, one from a Chicago man and the other filed by a plaintiff in Arkansas who is under home confinement while serving a 15-year prison sentence, were filed Monday against the doctor. Alan Braid, a physician practicing in San Antonio, wrote ...

There is a bill that recently passed in Ohio that has stirred up a lot of controversy around renewable energy development. Senate Bill 52 (SB52) requires all future utility-scale solar and wind farms in Ohio to be approved by county commissioners in addition to the state's power siting board. It also gives county commissioners the power to restrict certain areas in their counties from renewab...

John Adams III is in custody after killing his son-in-law. (WITN) EDGECOMBE COUNTY (WITN) - An Edgecombe county man is in jail after fatally shooting his son-in-law. Edgecombe County Deputies say John Adams III shot and killed Bobby Braswell, 30. Braswell and his wife had got into a fight when she called her father. Adams and Braswell then got into a physical fight before Adams shot him. Adam...

The federal government takes almost $1,400 from Lisa Collins' paycheck each month because of a billing dispute between BAMC and her insurance company. (SBG Photo) SANA NTONIO - A local woman was paralyzed in a terrible accident and now her family’s finances are being crushed by the burden of a surprise medical bill. It's the latest example of something we first exposed two years ago. The fede...

A pedestrian walks past the New Zealand parliament building known as the Beehive in central Wellington, New Zealand, July 3, 2017. Picture taken July 3, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray WELLINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - New Zealand's parliament took a step closer on Tuesday to making it easier to arrest and prosecute terrorists planning attacks, just weeks after an Islamic State-inspired assault by a k...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Amid contentious school board meetings over masking policies, some school leaders want state lawmakers to revisit a new law that requires them to vote on masks every month. That new requirement was part of a larger bill dealing with pandemic policies in schools that passed almost unanimously, and that Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signed into law late last month. Leanne Winner, e...

Big Law firms like Dentons, Fox Rothschild, and Foley & Lardner are increasingly turning their attention to the cannabis industry. Rapidly shifting legal landscape creates business opportunities Double-digit growth in legal, medical market fueling interest Notoriously risk-adverse Big Law firms are building cannabis practice groups as a rising number of states legalize recreational and ...

The gun-toting couple in St. Louis, Mo., who gained national notoriety after they stood on their lawn and pointed weapons at people protesting against racial injustice, may have their licenses to practice law revoked. Missouri Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel, whose office is responsible for investigating ethical complaints against Missouri lawyers, this week asked the state Supreme Co...