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The law followed nationwide protests focuses on racial justice after the killing of George Floyd. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM, An attorney for Gov. Ron DeSantis drew skepticism Thursday from a federal appeals court during arguments in a challenge to a controversial law that enhanced penalties and created new crimes in protests that turn violent. DeSantis championed the measure after nation...

Earlier this month, Iceland’s Office of Health Promotion and Science launched a consultation on a draft law on nicotine products. If passed, the law will introduce age limits for nicotine consumption, ban e-cigarette flavors perceived to appeal to children, and stipulate a permissible maximum nicotine concentration. Nobody is arguing that children should take up nicotine products, and introdu...

Voting rights advocates warned congressional leaders that problems stemming from the state’s new sweeping elections law are likely to intensify during the general election in November, when voter turnout is expected to increase. Officials with the Texas Civil Rights Project, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Texas NAACP told members of the U.S. House Administrat...

Sports The couple had just moved from Oklahoma to Durham, N.C., not far from where Jamie’s parents lived. On this night, for the first time, her parents were coming over for dinner. Her husband, Chris, was nervous. He gets along well with his father-in-law, but this wasn’t just pasta night with the family. It was an important rite of passage, as it is for any young couple, something of a grad...

Alberto, right, during his rescue mission in Ukraine. Left to right: Alex, his sister, cousin and mother. It was a blunt and desperate message from his mother-in-law in Ukraine that convinced Alberto, 58, he had to act quickly. "I am already dead," she told him on the phone from Kharkiv. "I don’t understand why you insist on calling me. Don’t call me anymore." Alberto, an Italian living in Vi...

Madison… Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) and Representative Jesse James (R-Altoona) had their bill, Senate Bill 627 signed into law as 2021 Wisconsin Act 182. They were accompanied by Ashley Lien and Becky Guidis who tirelessly advocated for this legislation which allows one parent to change the name of their child, who is 14 years or younger, if the other parent was convicted of certain ho...

The House of Representatives votes on the CROWN Act, a law that outlaws racial and religious discrimination related to hair style or texture. Watch the event in the player above. This is a developing story and will be updated.

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – An attorney for Gov. Ron DeSantis drew skepticism Thursday from a federal appeals court during arguments in a challenge to a controversial law that enhanced penalties and created new crimes in protests that turn violent. DeSantis championed the measure after nationwide protests focused on racial justice following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was kill...

"We say 'gay'." The Hawthorne Pride Alliance and its Foundation strongly condemns the most recent “Don’t Say Gay” law recently passed in the State of Florida, which will go into effect on July 1st. This law forbids any and all instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through 3rd grade, which effectually marginalizes LGBTQ people. NBC News reports that the bill’s p...

What You Should Know The DEP has issued a new Compliance Advisory to provide clarity to New Jersey’s regulated community on the applicability of the Dirty Dirt Law The deadlines for businesses that provide soil and fill recycling services to register with DEP and/or complete A-901 license applications have been extended to July 14, 2022 A newly developed Certification Program has been added ...