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Governor Ned Lamont signed a historic bill into law that will protect medical providers and patients seeking abortion care. The Connecticut Senate gave final legislative approval shortly before midnight Friday to a bill abortion rights advocates contend is needed to protect in-state medical providers from legal action stemming from out-of-state laws, as well as the patients who travel to Conn...

Bishop Robert Barron. Credit: Word on Fire. A set of allegations emerged late last week which accused Catholic media apostolate Word on Fire and its leadership of mishandling an investigation into sexual misconduct on the part of an employee. Because Word on Fire is not a canonical entity, the accusations are not likely to lead to an ecclesiastical investigation of any kind. But as Pope Franc...

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(Reuters) - Recent moves by the American Bar Association to require bias training for law students and beef up law school diversity and inclusion rules have disturbed some conservative lawyers who say the accrediting body has overstepped its role and is imposing a specific ideology on future lawyers. “In my view, the ABA has stepped out of its lane,” Cornell Law professor and conservative leg...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on a challenge to Alabama’s plan to outlaw the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender youth. READ MORE: Transgender kids tend to maintain their identities as they grow up, study suggests U.S. District Judge Liles Burke has scheduled a hearing on a request to block the law’s enforcement while it’s challenged...

The French Parliament recently approved a new law requiring all new commercial buildings to partially have their roofs covered with plants or solar panels. The new requirement will apply to all new buildings in commercial zones. Initially, the proposal posed by French environmental activists was for the roofs to be completely covered by greenery. The new law adds costs for both building owner...

Florida House passes 15-week abortion bill FEB. 17, 2022 | Action News Jax at Noon JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Even if Roe v Wade is overturned, banning abortion in Florida would be more difficult than in other states. That’s because of the right to privacy written into the state constitution. A Democratic state lawmaker wants to enshrine further protections into state law. State Senator Lori Berman...

Goal of watershed legislation passed in late 1970s is to encourage loans to low- and moderate-income communities Lael Brainard, vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, with chair Jerome Powell The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) stands as a major effort by lawmakers to prevent banks from discriminatory lending practices in low-to-moderate income communities, but it was enacted in 1977 and ...

HARTLAND — Residents at Saturday’s annual Town Meeting will have a number of issues to consider, including a proposed $1.5 million municipal budget, regulating a possible needle exchange program and expansion of an affordable housing district. The meeting is to be preceded Friday by voting in municipal elections from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Irving Tanner Community Center at 62 Elm St. The To...

One of the most advanced paper and plastic bag bans in the United States has gone into effect in New Jersey. Grocery stores and retailers can no longer distribute plastic bags regardless of thickness and paper bags are not allowed in grocery stores that are larger than 2,500 square feet. New Jersey is the first state to outlaw paper bags, although some non-grocery retailers can still distribu...