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New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin (AP Photo) Making changes to New York's bail law is proving to be an increasingly difficult knot to untie in the state Legislature, where top Democrats are yet to embrace any proposals that Gov. Kathy Hochul wants included in the state budget. The changes to the law that largely ended cash bail requirements for many criminal charges come as elected officials a...

DALLAS (March 22, 2022) – Today, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the city of Socorro, N.M., announced funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will allow the remedy for the Eagle Picher Superfund site to move forward after many years of delays. The funding is part of $1 billion investment from the Bipartisan...

As chief legal officers, we have a sworn duty to protect the people of our counties. However, that promise has become increasingly more difficult to uphold because of Illinois legislation that was signed into law last year. Since the passage of the erroneously named SAFE-T Act, communities across our state have seen record spikes in crime, including rampant carjackings, indiscriminate shootin...

Sen. Mike Braun said during a media call Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage decades ago. That decision should have been left to individual states, he said. Five hours later, Braun released a statement saying he misunderstood "a line of questioning," and emphasized that he condemns racism "in any form." During the press call earlier Tuesday, Braun w...

(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! What was Cravath’s favorite law school in 2021 — meaning they recruited the most new associates from this law school? Here’s what you didn’t learn in law school about the consumer’s journey from digital encounter to long-term client. Hint: Cravath hired new associates from 16 different law schools in 2021. S...

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...

A bill has been introduced before the NYC Council that would amend the recently enacted law requiring employers to include salary ranges in job postings. As we previously reported, the new law will make it an unlawful discriminatory practice for a covered employer or its agent, or for an employment agency, to post or otherwise advertise a job, promotion or transfer opportunity without stating...

Katera Jenkins was in high school when police fatally shot Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old Black man, in her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She remembers lying awake that night in July 2016, thinking, How could I be a voice for my people? How can I be someone whom my community could lean on if I don’t know my rights as an individual? While Sterling’s death motivated Jenkins to pursue a car...

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