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People in the courtroom waited anxiously while the jury deliberated. Donna Bernens-Kinkead’s fifth-grade class at University Elementary School spent Friday afternoon in the mini trial room at Indiana University's law school, making arguments, listening to witness testimony and cross-examining characters from "How to Train Your Dragon," including Hiccup Horrendous, Fishlegs and twins Ruffnut...

The Fairfax County Sheriff's Office donated 110 used ballistic vests. A spokesperson said the vests were in good condition but the 5-year warranty had expired.(Image Courtesy: Fairfax County Sheriff's Office) FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WJLA) — Law enforcement agencies across Virginia are pitching in for a donation drive to help Ukrainian civilians turned soldiers who are defending their country. "W...

A measure granting administrative leave to vaccinated school staff for COVID-19 related absences is now law. Last year, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle nearly unanimously supported a measure giving paid administrative leave related to COVID-19 to all school staff despite vaccination status. Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed the measure in January. On a partisan vote, lawmakers sent Pritzker Ho...

An investigation is underway after a 24-year-old man was shot and killed inside an apartment in east Houston while his common-law wife and baby were there, police said. HOUSTON – An investigation is underway after a 24-year-old man was shot and killed inside an apartment in east Houston while his common-law wife and baby were there, police said. It happened in the 12200 block of Fleming Drive...

Educators and activists in the Greater Columbus area are condemning Florida's "Don't Say Gay Bill," especially now that the Ohio House has announced its own version. On Monday, the Ohio House introduced HB 616, which would prevent schools in Ohio from teaching or providing instructional material on sexual orientation and gender identity to students in kindergarten through third grade. For gr...

Liberals can’t count on the courts to protect against Republican ambitions to roll back civil rights. In statehouse after statehouse across the United States, lawmakers are eroding rights related to gender and sexuality. They seek a double win for the Christian right and their champions and helpmates in the Republican Party, building Christian nationalist power as well as achieving their conc...

A parked U.S. Postal Service van Postal workers in Wisconsin are optimistic that a new law overhauling the U.S. Postal Service and injecting more than $100 billion into the service will help put an end to years of instability in the service. A bipartisan bill to address the financially strapped service will save money by reducing USPS’s health care costs and eliminating a burdensome federal r...

Everything’s bigger in Texas. And that’s more than just our tourist slogan. It’s also the way we restrict people’s freedom to vote! Last year state Republican lawmakers decided to address Texas’s so-called “election integrity” problems, which had been raised by Donald Trump’s mere 600,000 vote victory in 2020. Never mind that the integrity of Texas elections was not in question. And that ther...

Dealmakers are not sure whether M&A activity will break records for the third-straight year. Deals slow after consecutive record years Sidley Austin’s private equity push pays off Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in the first quarter, as transactions slowed and dealmakers braced for the impact of regulatory changes, inflation and war in U...

Last Thursday saw another judicial slap-down of an act from last year’s Legislative session. This is getting to be a habit. The legislation found unconstitutional involved changes to election laws that were pushed last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis. It will be recalled that the 2020 election went surprisingly smoothly — at least by Florida standards. Something that was all the more surprising bec...