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A protestor holds a sign during a rally outside the Alabama State House in March 2021. A newly passed Alabama bill would force teachers and other school staff to out transgender minors to their parents. The bill also makes it a felony for doctors to provice care to minors that would assist in their gender transition. The legislation would need to be signed by GOP Gov. Kay Ivey before becomi...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s first budget also includes more than a billion dollars in child care funding, a green light for three casinos and a return of to-go drinks. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a moderate Democrat, persuaded others in her party to reconsider recent changes to New York’s bail laws.Cindy Schultz for The New York Times ALBANY, N.Y. — Faced with rising concerns over crime in an election year, G...

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Photo by H2rty via Representation matters. I’m certain there will be more people who didn’t see themselves included in the law who will look at Associate Justice Jackson and be inspired to follow their dream of becoming a law student. — Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of Boston University School of Law, commenting in an interview with Reuters on the confirmation of S...

FILE - Nebraska State Sen. Joni Albrecht of Thurston, is seen in the Legislative Chamber in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, March 1, 2019. Abortion supporters have scored a surprising victory in Nebraska, derailing a bill that would have automatically outlawed abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its decision to legalize the procedure. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik File) LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Abor...

LOS ANGELES, April 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Coast Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce the opening of its new headquarters located two blocks away from Crypto.com Arena at 1147 South Hope Street. Since its inception in 2014, the firm has opened several offices throughout California, and now has a flagship office in its own three-story building. The opening of the new headquarters is...

A Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) facility in Villa de Reyes, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico.Photographer: Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg Mexico’s Supreme Court rejected parts of a government-backed electricity law on Thursday, leaving the door open to further legal action even as the judges didn’t declare the entire law unconstitutional. While the nation’s top judges didn’t reach the super m...

Los Angeles County has barred official travel to Florida over the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law — but Sunshine State officials are calling the “woke” move California’s loss. The LA County Board of Supervisors voted this week to bar staffers from traveling to Florida unless it would “seriously harm the county’s interests.” The action comes in response to a new Florida law that prohibit...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that reforms how physicians and hospitals seek prior authorization from health insurers for patient care. The new law shortens the time for health insurers to respond to a prior authorization request from physicians and implements other changes. In signing the legislation that passed by wide margins in both the state House and Senate, Whitmer “ushe...

Indiana Supreme Court hears arguments on validity of Legislature's 'emergency session' law  Shelbynews

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Toomey and Bennet introduced the State and Local Corrections Officer Retirement Fairness Act of 2022 to require the federal tax code to treat state and local corrections officers the same as their federal counterparts by providing an exemption from a federal tax penalty imposed on early withdrawals from qualified retirement accounts. Due to the physically ta...