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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The law that would prevent landlords from evicting tenants without good cause was voted down by Rochester City Council Tuesday. According to the City-Wide Tenant Union, Rochester currently has more than 3,000 open eviction cases, impacting close to 7,000 residents. ‘Good Cause Eviction’ would essentially give tenants the right to renew tenancy, while protecting agains...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett adjusts his face mask during a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Dec. 19, 2021. To the editor: Jews who have struggled against discrimination in many places are now, in Israel, discriminating against Arabs who have long lived in Palestine by banning citizenship or even residency of Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens because of “security.” The “secu...

Court strikes down Iowa's second 'ag-gag' law as unconstitutional  Longview News-Journal

Displaced Ukrainians en route to Poland wait in an underpass at the Lviv-Holovnyi railway station in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 3, 2022. War puts deals on hold as buyers reassess Big Law M&A groups broke records in 2021 Ukraine war uncertainty overhangs the deals market, threatening Big Law’s repeat of a banner 2021 that drove record profits at firms. Firms that reaped the benefi...

Image credit: New York City Council. State law requires rent stabilization laws to be renewed periodically based on housing vacancy rates. On March 10, 2022, the City Council voted to extend the City’s Rent Stabilization Law by providing more time to gather data to ensure the rent stabilization law is still necessary. The bill, Int. 70, was sponsored by Council Member Pierina Ana Sanchez. Acc...

Senate Bill 215 passed the Ohio House and Senate CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - In 90 days, you won’t need a CCW permit or extensive training to carry a concealed gun in Ohio. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed off on Senate Bill 215 on Monday night. “I am a Second Amendment supporter. I’m also a firearms safety advocate,” said Grant Pleasant, of Hudson. Pleasant has had his CCW for about six years and s...

I don’t blame Republicans for their legislative tactics — or, to put a finer point on it, theatrics — in their very public effort to slow down Democratic House Bill 1279, which would codify abortion rights in Colorado. After all, there is hardly any issue as important to the Republican base as abortion. I mean, other than the God-given right not to wear a mask in times of pandemic and, yes, t...

(E+ / Getty Images) 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 abi...

Ohio's governor signed the law that eliminates requirements for training and permitting for concealed carry of firearms. TOLEDO, Ohio — On Monday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that made concealed weapon permits optional for people legally allowed to carry a gun. WTOL 11 reached out to lawmakers from both parties for reaction to the governor's decision. This bill, which will ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted, according to RAINN. "Sexual abuse can happen to any race, socioeconomic group, religion or culture, and so sexual abuse affects all of us, and together, we can stop it," said Katie Yates, campaign director with Washington Says No More. And here in the Pacific Northwest, we've been seeing many reports of sexual assault. On T...