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The latest phase of the Republican war on voting just got an early test in the primary election in Texas. If you believe in democracy, it was a horror show. If you’re a Republican, it was a smashing success. Before we get to the shocking numbers, some context. The 1965 Voting Rights Act made Jim Crow-style voter suppression illegal everywhere in the country, so those who wanted to keep the “w...

Tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 near Grand unction, Colorado. (Photo: Shutterstock) For truckers (and all other drivers for that matter) tempted to sneak into Colorado’s Interstate 70 mountain express lanes when they’re closed — they’ll soon be captured on camera. Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law Tuesday allowing the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and its vendor to use t...

Advocates for catastrophically injured car crash survivors and their health care providers gather at the Michigan Capitol to support changes to the state's auto no-fault insurance law signed in 2019. (Samuel Robinson | MLive) Car accident survivors and the companies that provide their care have been clamoring for changes to how much health care providers are reimbursed when treating auto-rela...

Few schools are taking advantage of a new state law that temporarily allows school support staff members to cover classrooms even if they wouldn’t otherwise be qualified to substitute teach. A new law that allows school districts to use support staff as substitute teachers drew ire from many who envisioned bus drivers and cafeteria workers suddenly taking on a role for which they had no pr...

Lawmakers asked to update student-athlete compensation law  San Mateo Daily Journal

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - North Carolina public record laws are clear: documents created by the government are public records, except in limited cases where information can be kept confidential. However, state law does say anytime something is deemed confidential, the government does have to provide non-confidential information that might be comingled in those records. “The North Carolina pub...

Patients are no longer required to pay for out-of-network care given without their consent when they receive treatment at hospitals covered by their health insurance since a federal law took effect at the start of this year. But the law’s protections against the infuriating, expensive scourge of surprise medical bills may be only as good as a patient’s knowledge — and ability to make sure tho...

(L-R) Kimberly Chew, Karen Luong and Natasha Sumner of Husch Blackwell. Courtesy photos What You Need to Know The group is spearheaded by three senior counsel who joined Husch from Dentons in April 2021. All three women have relatives who've suffered from PSTD, giving them a personal stake in these therapies. The team is already advising several clients that are looking for guidance on corpo...

Patrols included are Iowa State Patrol, Sioux City Police, Nebraska State Patrol, Woodbury County Sheriff's, and Motor Vehicle Enforcement. (Siouxland News) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Iowa and Nebraska law enforcement are teaming up for St. Patrick's Day patrol. They are doing a high-visibility traffic enforcement project. The officers have been enforcing traffic along Highway 20 and all over the Sio...

(CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel heard arguments Thursday in an appeal with major implications for labor law in the United States and the sick pay of railroad workers in California. A consortium of railroad operators, including Amtrack and Union Pacific, sued the state of California claiming its 2014 law requiring employers to offer sick leave to workers should not apply to railroads for a variet...