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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - In an effort to keep drunk drivers off the road over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday, law enforcement agencies are stepping up patrols across the state. They started extra patrols Monday as part of the Booze it and Lose it campaign. Their warning to motorists: don’t test your luck with impaired driving. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office showed off one of the tool...

LANSING, Mich. — Red flag laws are meant to prevent acts of violence with firearms like suicide, domestic violence and mass shootings. Michigan is one of 31 states in the U.S that doesn't have one. Experts and advocates say these laws are a good idea. They also say the effort to get a red flag law on the books in Michigan is unlikely to work. “Under Michigan law, if someone has a personal pro...

Yale Law School's chapter of the Federalist Society invited two speakers to campus to discuss a recent Supreme Court case, Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, which involves religious freedom. The participants were Kristen Waggoner and Monica Miller; Waggoner is general counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a legal group that advocates for conservative social and religious causes, and Miller...

TULSA, Oklahoma - The Rogers County Undersheriff is being recognized for the work he does for mental health in the county. Undersheriff Jon Sappington has been named the Law Enforcement Administrator of the Year by the Grand Lake Mental Health Center. Grand lake Mental Health Center Chief Operating Officer Josh Cantwell describes Rogers county undersheriff Jon Sappington as tenacious. "Jon S...

Bipartisan cybersecurity legislation comes amid increased worries over ransomware, and fears of cyberattacks from Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. When President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill Tuesday, he also put the bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Act into effect, which requires critical infrastructure companies in the 16 industry sectors identified by the federal...

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and sexual assault survivor and advocate Abby Honold met before a roundtable discussion in 2018. Law enforcement agencies will be eligible for federal grants to improve how they investigate sexual assault cases, under legislation named for a former University of Minnesota student and spearheaded by Minnesota lawmakers. The Abby Honold Act, signed into law March 15 by P...

Two Vermont women are breaking down barriers in law enforcement, and hope to inspire more to follow in their footsteps. Norma Hardy is a trailblazer in Vermont. Last year, she became the state’s first black female police chief, leading the Brattleboro Police Department. “Being a woman, were there any challenges you faced along the way? Absolutely, especially back then, I started in 1992. Ther...

The Texas Capitol in Austin on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News) AUSTIN — Texas has identified 19 major financial firms that may be in violation of a new state law that prohibits divesting from fossil fuels. On Wednesday, Comptroller Glenn Hegar wrote to the companies – including JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, and Wells Fargo & Company – demanding more inform...

There are many established legal industry rankings that seek to evaluate law firms against their peers in a variety of categories, with financial performance being the top-ranked metric. Some of them fall flat in terms of accurately measuring the health, stability and success of a law firm, which can change in a single quarter, making some of these current rankings are obsolete by the time th...

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser during an October 2021 meeting with President Joe Biden. Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you. As states such as Texas and Idaho begin to implement or propose restrictive abortion laws, more companies are offering to cover travel costs for U.S.-based workers who must seek ...