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A group of Democrats at the state Capitol on Monday released, in their words, a “pro-law enforcement” package of legislation. The set of bills, sponsored by lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives, allocates funding and creates programs covering mental health support for police, pay increases, retention incentives, retirement assistance and day care help. It also provides guidel...

FILE PHOTO: The Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral are seen through the art object in Zaryadye park in Moscow LONDON (Reuters) - News organisations from countries that "discriminate" against Russian media could have their Russian operations promptly shut down under a draft law proposed by a new Russian parliamentary commission on Tuesday. The move - which the commission's hea...

The Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral are seen through an art object in Zaryadye park in Moscow, Russia March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - News organisations from countries that "discriminate" against Russian media could have their Russian operations promptly shut down under a draft law proposed by a new Russian parliamentary c...

The weekend shooting in Sacramento, Calif., that left six people dead and at least 12 others wounded happened just a few blocks from the capitol in a state with the nation's strongest gun laws. California has the most gun laws of any state: 107, according to the State Firearm Laws project at Boston University. But even when states make it harder to get guns, gun violence still occurs all too ...

West Virginia Supreme Court holds arguments at WVU College of Law  WV News

Palestinians youth use sledge hammers to knock holes through part of a wall connected to Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the Abu Dis neighborhood, bordering Jerusalem on July 9, 2013. Palestinians call the wall an “Apartheid Wall.” Photo by Issam Rimawi (c) APA Images. In case you missed it, Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) lately issued a report that...

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union is triggering its previously untested rule-of-law powers against Hungary, starting a process that could ultimately deny newly re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orban more than 40 billion euros ($43.9 billion) in EU funding. Most Read from Bloomberg The bloc’s executive decided to unleash the so-called conditionality mechanism for reining in nations that violat...

The law is designed to remove barriers to career and other goals. AUGUSTA, Maine — Post-secondary schools in Maine must now provide transcripts and diplomas for students and graduates even if they owe money. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed the change into law, officials said Tuesday. The law requires the schools to provide the materials if the student needs them for circumstances such...

CalMatters Commentary On Oct. 12, 2003, five days after California voters decided he should be ousted from the governorship, Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 796, a valuable gift to the labor unions, attorneys and other groups that supported him during the recall election. The measure created the Private Attorneys General Act, which opened the door to lawsuits against employers for alleged viola...

North Lake Charles Law Enforcement Center to reopen(Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office) Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Hurricane repairs have been completed at the North Lake Charles Law Enforcement Center, according to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office will be holding a community meet and greet at the center’s reopening on Friday, April 8, 2022. The meet and greet will be...