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OKLAHOMA CITY - Children’s advocates are also closely watching a pair of bills introduced by Moore Representative Kevin West (R). House Bills 3145 and 3159 could make changes to the ways school manages kids and disease outbreaks. Both were amended last week and eligible to be heard on the floor. HB 3159 repeals a section of school code that prohibits kids with lice or contagious disease from...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/BCN) – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin recently paired with state legislators on a bill, proposed this week, that ban law enforcement agencies from using DNA of a woman obtained after a sexual assault investigation to link her to an unrelated crime. On Monday, Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, and Boudin announced...

Outrageous examples of discriminatory policies and norms exist on all continents, in every nation—like the 17 countries that legally require a married woman to obey her husband, or 30 with no legislation addressing domestic violence. Amsterdam Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017. ( Imagine you can’t leave the house without your spouse’s permission. You don’t get to decide what to wear in public, o...

Brooke Bergeron Brink Lawyers PA recently announced that Brooke Bergeron of Crookston is the winner of the Spring 2022 Brink Laywers University of North Dakota Law Scholarship. Bergeron is a second-year law student at the UND School of Law and currently serves as President of the Rural Practice Association, Treasurer of the Law Women’s Caucus, and is a member of the Criminal Law Association a...

The FBI released a warning on Monday about scammers impersonating government officials or law enforcement agencies before attempting to extort people and steal personal information. The notice says scammers are spoofing authentic phone numbers and names while also using fake credentials of well-known government and law enforcement agencies. "Scammers will use an urgent and aggressive tone, re...

Law enforcement agencies are reminding motorists to avoid driving under the influence through Saint Patrick’s Day. Here is more on how law enforcement is taking efforts to reduce the number of impaired driving crashes and fatalities. Law enforcement agencies throughout the commonwealth are gathering to discuss the dangers of impaired driving, as well as how to prevent accidents from happening...

Myrna Vivo of Bridgeport arrived in Seaside Park along with hundreds of motorcycle riders participating in the 2017 CT United Ride in Bridgeport, back in September, 2017. Every few years, state officials motivate Connecticut motorcycle enthusiasts to descend on the State Capitol by the hundreds in defense of the option not to wear helmets. The 2022 version of the proposal is different, becaus...

Myrna Vivo of Bridgeport arrived in Seaside Park along with hundreds of motorcycle riders participating in the 2017 CT United Ride in Bridgeport, back in September, 2017. Every few years, state officials motivate Connecticut motorcycle enthusiasts to descend on the State Capitol by the hundreds in defense of the option not to wear helmets. The 2022 version of the proposal is different, becaus...

Loveland Police Department arrests Friday 2:41 p.m. At East Fourth Street and North Monroe Avenue, a 34-year-old Loveland man on two felony failure-to-comply warrants and a misdemeanor warrant. 5:27 p.m. In the 900 block of East Eisenhower Boulevard, a 50-year-old Denver man on two misdemeanor warrants. 9:35 p.m. In the 2000 block of East 18th Street, a 28-year-old Boulder man for investigat...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers are trying again to get rid of the nation’s only law that lets voters veto public housing projects, a provision added to the state constitution in 1950 to keep Black families out of white neighborhoods. Most everyone in the Capitol agrees the provision should be repealed, both for its racist roots and because it makes it much harder to build affordabl...