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This file photo shows a judge's gavel.File art WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – A local political committee attempting to challenge new Ypsilanti Township zoning maps allowing more marijuana businesses in some areas has sued the township and Michigan’s top elections official. The group has spent approximately $50,000 collecting signatures in the hopes of bringing the fate of a newly-approved township z...

Under a new law signed by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, only FDIC-insured banks can acquire or merge with Mississippi-chartered state banks. The law requires the state’s commissioner of banking and consumer finance to issue a cease-and-desist order against any transaction not compliant with this new requirement. “A bank chartered by the State of Mississippi may, with the approval of the commi...

Foreign investment into China is governed by the new Chinese Foreign Investment Law ("Foreign Investment Law "), as well as its Implementing Rules ("Implementing Rules"), which took effect on January 1, 2020. A key feature of the Foreign Investment Law is the Chinese government utilization of the negative list approach to administer foreign investment in China (the “Negative List”). The Negat...

The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Often willing to travel to witness historic moments, she marched in Minneapolis after George Floyd was killed by a police officer. When activists protested in Louisville following Breonna Taylor’s death, she traveled there too and was among the 87 people arrested outside Kentucky...

Changes to New York's law that ended cash bail requirements for many criminal charges can be changed to bolster public safety while also keeping the criminal justice system fair, Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote in an op/ed released on Wednesday. At the same time, top lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly signaled their Democratic-led chambers would be willing to consider some changes to the law,...

During trial, lawyers make many strategic decisions to try to appeal to a jury. For example, they consider not only the substance of the evidence they present, but also the emotional impact of that evidence. But the impact of a witness’ testimony can be blunted if your jury is not following the testimony, so the use of demonstrative exhibits can be a useful tool to ensure the jury remains foc...

(CNY Central file photo) Albany, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that New York State Police have joined more than 150 other police departments in signing the "30x30 Pledge". The central goal of the commitment is to increase the percentage of female recruits to 30 percent by 2030 and improve the experiences of women in law enforcement. By signing to the pledge, State Police have a...

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal appeals court judge, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington March 22, 2022, during her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for the U.S. Supreme Court. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) WASHINGTON (CNS) — The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began with introductory remarks Marc...

The News: The United States Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision reversing the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s selection of Governor Tony Evers’s legislative maps. The per curiam decision said, “We agree that the court committed legal error in its application of decisions of this Court regarding the relationship between the constitutional guarantee of equal protection and the VRA.” The W...

A Yavapai County judge struck down a controversial law eliminating elections this year political party activists known as precinct committeemen, an issue that many voted for without realizing it and which riled up the Republican base. Judge John Napper ruled after hearing arguments on Tuesday that the disputed provision of House Bill 2839 violates the Arizona Constitution. The law temporarily...