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INDIANAPOLIS – A new Indiana law establishes a statewide task force aimed at improving access to housing. Created by House Enrolled Act 1306, the task force will study areas like housing shortages for low- and middle-income families, state laws already in place and potential local incentives for increased housing options. The task force will consist of lawmakers from both parties as well as a...

An oil drilling pump site near Williston, N.D. The state's oil economy boosted it to the top spot in a recent Business Insider ranking, which added another "best of" list to an impressive list of lists. BISMARCK — North Dakota’s highest court heard arguments Thursday, March 24, in a dispute over the constitutionality of an oil industry-backed law governing the use of underground rock cavi...

The Digital Markets Act is meant to let small players compete with big ones. The EU’s newly agreed-upon Digital Markets Act could require messaging app developers to make their apps work together if it ends up being passed. In the EU’s press release, it says that lawmakers agreed that the companies behind WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or iMessage would have to make their apps “interoperabl...

Letter: Do law enforcement leaders take us for fools?  Yakima Herald-Republic

“What’s changed? He’s done well in prison so far?” Judge Stanley Sacks asked prosecutors in court Thursday. “… When a person is in prison and he’s doing well, why is that a reward? He should do well.” Associate Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks. A Cook County judge Thursday questioned why a convicted felon’s good behavior in prison should be “rewarded” by reducing his sentence — particular...

Police were seen out on valley streets on Thursday enforcing the 'move over' law. (KSNV)<p>{/p} Las Vegas (KSNV) — Another reminder to share the road with cyclists around the valley today. Area police were out Thursday morning enforcing the 'Move Over' law, which saw an officer riding a bicycle calling out infractions to waiting motor officers. Under the law, drivers must give a bicycli...

'Law & Order: SVU' actor's tweet leaves fans shook Ice-T goes viral tweeting he was robbed at a New Jersey gas station. CNN's Jeanne Moos has the pumped up story.

A suspended Rumford attorney who’s seeking reinstatement and hopes to win a bid for district attorney said Thursday that he should be allowed to practice law again so he can “fight for the little guy.” Seth Carey appears by videoconference this week before the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar Grievance Commission for reinstatement of his law license. Screenshot from video Seth T. Carey, 47...

Although he signed the bill, Governor Brad Little expressed concerned it could be "unconstitutional and unwise." Political experts tend to agree. Women protest against Texas’ six-week abortion ban at the state Capitol in Austin on Sept. 1. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) BOISE, Idaho (CN) — Idaho has become the first state to enact an abortion ban modeled after the hotly cont...

WPMI - Vulnerable, special needs rape and abuse victims to benefit from new law BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — A bill designed to allow adult victims with special needs to testify in court away from their perpetrators is on the fast track to Governor Kay Ivey's desk for her signature. House Bill 68 exists because of a terrible incident that happened in Mobile. A vulnerable victim, a woman with...