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March 22, 2022

Colorado Senate debates bill enshrining abortion right in state law - coloradopolitics.com

Colorado Senate debates bill enshrining abortion right in state law  coloradopolitics.com
March 22, 2022

Judge halts farmworker overtime appeal until new state law takes effect - Salem Reporter

The state appeals court judge’s order came days after the Oregon Legislature passed a bill that would mandate overtime pay for agricultural workers. An irrigation system in an agricultural field off of 76th Avenue Northeast on Friday, March 12, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A recent legal challenge to state rules excluding agricultural workers from getting overtime pay is paused until J...
March 22, 2022

Victim's daughter in-law is first witness to testify as Vaught trial begins - WSMV 4

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -Former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught listened intently, appearing emotional at times as prosecutors made their first pitch to a jury Tuesday, that Vaught should be found guilty of reckless homicide. Vaught is accused of giving a fatal dose of an incorrect medication to patient Charlene Murphey, 75, in December 2017. Vaught was supposed to give Murphey a medication f...
March 22, 2022

Progressives beware! Two NY super PACs raising $4M to back law-and-order candidates - New York Post

Voting for the primaries is set to begin on June 18. Two new super PACs plan to spend $4 million promoting law-and-order candidates for the state Legislature in the June primary elections — and even some Democrats are warning that it could cost progressives dearly, The Post has learned. The political action committees — Common Sense New Yorkers and Voters of NY — will back pols “who value pub...
March 22, 2022

Lake St. Croix Beach: Council approves variance on new in-law apartment ordinance - St. Paul Pioneer Press

The Lake St. Croix Beach City Council last fall passed an ordinance amendment allowing owner-occupied in-law apartments within a special St. Croix Riverway district. The amendment to the city’s zoning regulations in the riverway district added owner-occupied accessory apartments as an allowable use by conditional-use permit in a single-family residential zone. The ordinance amendment had to b...
March 22, 2022

Mercedes Deiz was Oregon's first woman of color to serve as a judge - KGW.com

Deiz had a prolific career in law despite pursuing it later in life. Photograph Cellulose negative b&w 4x5 inches Mercedes F Diaz, judge Photo file #322 PORTLAND, Ore. — Every week during Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting a woman important to Oregon. Last week we highlighted Maurine Neuberger, Oregon's first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate on behalf of the state. Mercedes Deiz w...
March 22, 2022

Ukraine turns to U.S. law firm Quinn Emanuel in Russia human rights case - Reuters.com

The building of the European Court of Human Rights is seen in Strasbourg, France. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. (Reuters) - Ukrain...
March 22, 2022

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb passes Constitutional Carry law - 14 News WFIE Evansville

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb made Constitutional Carry the law in Indiana on March 21. This will allow any Indiana resident over 18-years-old who qualifies to carry a handgun on their person without a permit to do so. Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding says that it could make law enforcement’s jobs considerably harder. “Now, if you have maybe three people who s...
March 22, 2022

Walkouts at Disney Protest Company's Response to Florida's Anti-Gay Law - Times of San Diego

Disney employees protest against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Glendale. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu Employees of the Walt Disney Co staged walkouts and social media campaigns on Tuesday to protest the company’s response to Florida legislation that would limit classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity. In a rare public demonstration of unrest, about 60 Disney employees gathered...
March 22, 2022

Colorado funeral home bill, partially prompted by Summit case, signed into law - Summit Daily

Shannon and Staci Kent are the former operators of the Bailey-Kent Funeral Home. The Kents have been charged with crimes relating to the abuse of a corpse. Taylor Sienkiewicz/Summit Daily News archive On Monday, March 21, Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that was partly prompted from a Summit County case. Shannon and Staci Kent were arrested in February 2021 after officers with the S...