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California has toughest U.S. gun laws. After Sacramento shooting, what else can lawmakers do?  The Mercury News

You can’t begin to achieve your law firm’s marketing goals until you clearly define them. Clever commercials or enlightening podcasts will be just that if they are not tied to strategic, measurable goals. Once you define your goals, you can develop a strategic campaign to meet them and measure your return on investment. What is campaign-driven marketing? A marketing campaign is a collection o...

On Friday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed 45 bills into law, including legislation extending driver’s license validity for military deployments, and establishing law enforcement training to recognize signs of human trafficking. “We are here to provide solutions to the problems that matter to Virginians and we are working every day to serve our parents and students, veterans and law enfor...

Twiddle got its April tour underway with a Saturday show at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT. The show, which featured opening support from Dogs In A Pile, marked the second of the Burlington, VT quartet’s monthlong jaunt. The evening also hosted an array of special guests including Jimmy Law (Dogs In A Pile), Dave Peck (aka videographer mk devo), and luthier Dan Neafsey. Saturday’s...

The Ministry of the Interior is the regime’s entity in charge or persecuting and closing down autonomous NGOs. Photo: Confidencial / Archive. The Ministry of the Interior can intervene and suspend a civil society organization for up to three years; its directors can also be imprisoned. By Confidencial HAVANA TIMES – The new General Law for the Regulation and Control of Non-Profit Organization...

A California law requiring diversity on corporate boards of directors has been struck down in a blow to the state’s efforts to address racial and gender disparities in the workplace. In response to a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch, a nonprofit conservative advocacy group, Judge Terry Green of Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday found that the law violated the state constitution. Th...

Proposed gun control bills in RI are bad law Supporters of the gun control bills at the Rhode Island legislature this year claim they will reduce gun violence. Experience shows they will not. Similar laws enacted in other states have completely failed. Worse, the laws have had serious negative consequences. Is our legislature smart enough to learn from the mistakes of other states? Law enforc...

A wave of legislation, particularly in the West, is making states “not only a little different but radically different,” says one expert on government. Anti-abortion activists in Washington, D.C., in January. Republican activists have aggressively pursued conservative social policies in state legislatures, while liberal states have taken defensive actions. Kenny Holston for The New York Times...

A roadblock near the scene of a shooting in downtown Sacramento early Sunday. A shooting that killed six people and wounded 12 in the heart of downtown Sacramento early Sunday has renewed calls among officials and activists for more gun safety and violence prevention laws. Authorities said the shooting occurred around 2 a.m. in a popular entertainment district crowded with people. Officers...

EMPTY NEST- BY CURT SWARM Erin Merryn is an Illinois woman who was sexually abused as a child by two different men—men she knew (which is usually the case—one was her uncle). Because of her abuse, she petitioned the Illinois State Legislature to pass what became known as Erin’s Law. Erin’s Law is a law requiring the public schools to implement a prevention-oriented, child-sexual-abuse program...