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From left to right the photos show a pistol, a shopping cart full of wine and marijuana. The photo of the wine is from Flickr user LexnGer. The other photos are from Pixabay. SAN ANTONIO – New laws in Texas will go into effect on Sept. 1 and there’s a good chance at least one of them will impact your life. Some major law changes were inspired by the coronavirus pandemic and Winter Storm Uri, ...

The Supreme Court caused a stir late Tuesday with a one-paragraph order reinstating a Trump-era immigration policy. The practical impact won’t be large in the near term, but the order is notable for the legal irony of the Court’s explanation. The Biden Administration has “failed to show a likelihood of success on the claim that the memorandum rescinding the Migrant Protection Protocols was no...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A new Missouri law will make it easier for some people to get their criminal records cleared. Senate Bill 61 goes into effect on August 28. Attorney Scott Pierson says about 1,900 offenses are eligible for expungement. “None of us want to be judged by the worst moments in our life and the expungement process is the process of going back before an arrest and allowing t...

Hudson Valley Community College is joining with The University at Albany and Albany Law School to launch a Legal Studies Pathway Program, which will guarantee admitted students the opportunity to earn a degree from each institution, culminating in a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Albany Law School, the nation’s oldest independent school of law. The pathway program builds on previous agreements betw...

Kayden Christiansen and his mother, Heather Christiansen, at their home in Simi Valley. Kayden, a fifth-grader, was in quarantine for 10 days shortly after his California school reopening. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters In summary As classes resume, a new state law governing independent study is worsening staff shortages, threatening school budgets and forcing quarantined students to re...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (R) together with her husband William J. Hochul Jr. and family members poses during her swearing in ceremony at the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York on August 24, 2021. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s daughter-in-law is a top lobbyist at a pharmaceutical firm that has been actively trying to influence state and federal la...

LaQuita Howard of Washington, with the League of Women Voters, attends a rally for voting rights, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past decade, a step party leaders tout as progress ...

A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America, raises the U.S. flag as he takes part in a march to the United States border with Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico November 25, 2018. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (Reuters) - A federal judge in Nevada ruled for the first time last week that a longstanding law that makes it a felony to reenter the United States after deportation is unconstitutio...

Emboldened by a California election victory that maintained the independence of their drivers last year, gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft have in recent months accelerated a push for what they call a “third way” of working, a classification of independent gig workers who receive limited benefits without gaining employee status. But that plan was upended on Friday evening by a Californ...

The 87th Texas Legislature passed a number of new laws that take effect on September 1. Below is a listing and brief description of some of those laws: HB 1927 Constitutional Carry This law eliminates the requirement for Texans to obtain a license to carry handguns, as long as they are not prohibited from possessing a gun by State of Federal law. SB 8 Fetal Heartbeat Bill This law prohibits ...