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man pulls a gun out of his bag, holding it in his hand MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will become the latest state to allow people to carry concealed handguns without first undergoing a background check and getting a state permit. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the measure into law Thursday shortly after it was approved by state lawmakers. The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will end the r...

Lawmakers consider Louisiana State Police having non-law enforcement leader, new structure  The Advocate

Magen Fieramusca (Photo courtesy of APD) TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A hearing continued Friday for a woman accused of killing her best friend, Heidi Broussard, kidnapping Broussard’s newborn baby and trying to pass it off as her own. Scroll to the bottom of this story for live updates from the courtroom Friday from reporter Grace Reader. Magen Fieramusca faces charges of capital murder, ta...

In Husch Blackwell’s February 2022 Trade Law Update, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law: •An update on U.S. Department of Commerce decisions •U.S. International Trade Commission – Section 701/731 proceedings •Customs and Border Protection case summaries On February 10, 2022, the Department of Commerce published a Federal Register noƟce requesƟ...

Immigration judges have wide leeway to decide whether the asylum seekers who appear before them are lying or not, and such decisions are almost impossible to reverse. This is especially true in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which handles appeals from immigration judges in Louisiana—some of whom deny asylum in over 90 percent of their cases. One such judge presided over the ...

Court gavel ST. LOUIS (KTVI)–You can add a prominent St. Louis law firm to the list of businesses that have decided not to have operations in Russia as a response to the country’s military invasion of Ukraine. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, which has 200 employees, including 17 partners in Moscow, confirmed this week that it would leave as a show of support for the people of Ukraine. “We ar...

Okaloosa County Jail FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- A 56-year-old man was arrested after a five-hour standoff in Fort Walton Beach early Friday morning. Aaron K. Nano is charged with: two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm two counts of Possession or Use of a Weapon during a crime one count of Resisting an Officer Without Violence The incident happened at #2 Elm Ave. in Fort Walton B...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas abortion providers on Friday conceded a final blow to their best hope of stopping the nation's most restrictive abortion law after a new ruling ended what little path forward the U.S. Supreme Court had left for clinics. The decision by the Texas Supreme Court, which is entirely controlled by Republicans, spelled the coming end to a federal lawsuit that abortion clinics ...

(Washington, D.C. – March 11, 2022) EDF today praised congressional leaders for passing funding legislation that supports implementation of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and increases funding for key environmental programs. The FY22 omnibus appropriations package contains crosscutting federal resources central to the creation of high-quality clean energy jobs for worke...

Law enforcement agencies across the country have committed to donating excess equipment tactical equipment to Ukraine to assist their efforts in fighting off Russian invaders. Officials in Colorado, New York and Vermont have confirmed that both local and state-level law enforcement agencies will donate the excess equipment to Ukraine in the days ahead. In Colorado, the state departments of Pu...