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Election security, rule of law dominate Pennsylvania hearing  NorthcentralPa.com

Election security, rule of law dominate Pennsylvania hearing  69News WFMZ-TV

Lehigh County workers count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues Nov. 5, 2020, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (The Center Square) – A Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee hearing with officials from the Department of State focused on voting and election security more than the allocation of Gov. Wolf’s proposed budget on Wednesday. Election-related lawsuits were a dr...

Just in time for longer days and warm weather, New Jersey’s Safe Passing Law, the nation’s strictest safe passing law, went into effect earlier this month. Motorists now bear the brunt of responsibility when sharing the roads with pedestrians, cyclists and rollers under the measure. As of March 1, drivers must use “due caution” and follow all current no-passing and no-speeding laws, and move ...

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Large law firms are cutting ties with Russian clients and even shuttering their Moscow offices as U.S. and European sanctions hit blue-chip clients, and Russia's cut off from segments of the global financial system. Why it matters: Big Law is just one of a host of sectors fleeing Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. But its exit could deprive oligarchs and Russia...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis meets people who were rallying in support of Ukraine outside the Colorado Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Gov. Polis promised support to them. Efforts are underway in Colorado to donate surplus body armor and ballistic helmets to besieged Ukrainians. The office of Gov. Jared Polis, the Colorado Department of Public Safety and the Colorado Depar...

ALBANY — Attorneys are accusing Gov. Hochul and state lawmakers of watering down a law that would have made it harder for law enforcement agencies to deny public record requests. The governor’s office, after reaching a deal with the Legislature in late December, stripped language from a bill that would have granted judges the power to decide if disclosing records would interfere with judicial...

Update to Georgia's hands-free driving law dies in senateThe bill would have allowed drivers to touch their phones at a stop sign or red light. A state senator who was a retired sheriff's deputy called the bill "terrible legislation."CONNECTING... ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate voted down a bill Wednesday that would have carved out new exceptions to the state's hands-free driving law. Under the...

The Court of Appeal will hear a case challenging a U.K. law that allows abortion up to birth for disability after the High Court rejected the case last year. Known as the Law Courts, the Royal Courts of Justice houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales. (photo: Alexandre Rotenberg / Shutterstock) The Court of Appeal will hear a case challenging a U.K. law that allow...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – Law enforcement officers from nine states, along with Homeland Security, met on the Gulf Coast on Wednesday, March 9 to discuss drug interdiction. Homeland Security officials said they fight the opioid crisis by using law enforcement resources to disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations that smuggle and distribute narcotics. “Within the last year or so we’ve se...