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BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has until March 15 to make a decision on the controversial permitless concealed carry bill. He can either sign it, veto it or allow it to go into law without his signature. If it passes, Ohioans will be allowed to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Belmont County Sheriff Dave Lucas points out that in the Ohio Valley, people are cro...

Bill to toughen cockfighting law delivered another setback  Hendersonville Standard

Efforts to make the penalty for fighting game roosters a felony in Tennessee has been derailed again this year. The state House Criminal Justice Subcommittee has sent legislation to toughen the state’s cockfighting laws to a summer study committee. State Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, is the sponsor of legislation that he had hoped would bring an end to Tennessee’s reputation for having one of...

The Utah Consumer Privacy Act unanimously passed the Utah Senate on February 25 and, with a few minor wording changes, passed unanimously in the Utah House on March 2. The final version is awaiting Governor Spencer Cox’s signature. If signed by the March 24 deadline, the law will take effect December 31, 2023, and make Utah the fourth state with a comprehensive consumer privacy law. The law a...

Party leaders announced Wednesday that a long-stalled reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act — the federal law that provides resources to victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence — is included in the $1.5 trillion federal spending package making its way through Congress this week. First enacted in 1994, VAWA lapsed four years ago due to a partisan dispute over an expanded gun ...

Two years after Portland law firms sent employees home to work remotely during the Covid-19 public emergency, they are starting to return to downtown — but not to the five-day-a-week routine of pre-pandemic times. “As employers, we have to be flexible to the myriad of circumstances,” said Graciela Gomez Cowger, CEO of Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt. “We’ve been profoundly disrupted.” Graciela...

text paid sick leave and money with pills on a blue background. dollars and medical capsules on the table BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Louisiana Senator Regina Ashford Barrow introduced a bill last week in the state legislature that would require employers in the state to provide sick leave benefits to employees. If Senate Bill 289 were to pass, employers with five or more full-time employees...

FILE(WIS) TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A U.S. Senator from Kansas has signaled he will introduce legislation requiring audible heartbeats before a pregnant woman is able to give legal consent for an abortion as Texas’ law banning abortions after the first heartbeat remains untouched by the Supreme Court. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says on Thursday, March 10, he will introduce the Ultrasoun...

Nashville Mayor John Cooper delivers the State of Metro speech. (Photo: Michael W. Bunch/Metro Photographer) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Nashville has been awarded federal technical assistance to support the development of the city’s non-law enforcement model of response, Mayor John Cooper announced Wednesday. The new service will complement the Partners in Care pilot program. The Substan...

Chapek says Disney opposes 'don't say gay' law, will meet with DeSantis  Orlando Sentinel