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| What's New In 2018? Here's A Brief Tour Of State Laws Now In Effect Across the country, U.S. residents have awakened to a new year, new resolutions — and a whole host of new rules to keep track of. Hundreds of new state laws took effect across the country Monday, and they're sure to reshape the political and legal landscape in the coming months. They run a vast ...
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| Shooter threatened law professors and police prior to killing DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. -- Douglas County shooter, Matt Riehl, had no criminal background, but according to the Sheriff's office, he was "known to them". Part of that reason was Riehl's angry, strange, and threatening social media postings. The FOX31 Problem Solvers discovered he used an alias ... Suspect in shooting that killed 1 deputy, injured 4 others had sparked warnings by his law school - ABC News
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| Bulgaria president vetoes anti-corruption law "I believe that the adopted law not only does not create an adequate legal basis for tackling corruption but will even make it difficult to fight it," Radev, who was elected in November 2016, said in a statement. "No doubt, the president has strong arguments (to veto the law)," political analyst Petar Cholakov ...
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| 10 Steps Employees Can Take to Adapt To The New Tax Law Tax laws have just changed, and that is likely to affect you. Whether your ... Here are some steps you can take now to adapt to the new law: ... When updated for the new law, use the IRS withholding calculator to estimate how many withholding allowances you should claim for the remainder of the year.
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| Israel passes law to prevent ceding control of Jerusalem Israel's parliament passed a law on Tuesday that bars ceding any part of Jerusalem to a foreign power without the approval of a supermajority of lawmakers, a move that threatens to further hinder prospects of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The amendment to the Jerusalem Basic Law ...
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| Daughter-in-law's car wrecked at Liverpool fire A woman who loaned her car to her mother-in-law so she could have a "nice day out" has lost it in a fire which engulfed a Liverpool car park. Angharad Williams's Vauxhall Zafira was one of around 1,400 vehicles destroyed by the blaze at Kings Dock on Sunday. Mother-in-law Bethan Hughes had gone ...
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Californians embrace new pot law with ribbon cuttings and long lines Some Californians raised "blunts," cut ribbons and endured long, early morning lines outside marijuana dispensaries to show their love for the state's recreational pot law, which went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday. At Berkeley Patients Group, which billed itself as the country's longest-running ...
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| Why There Exists A Legal Basis To Challenge The GOP Tax Law Now that the Republicans' new tax bill is the law of the land today, January 1, 2018, the storm clouds over it are already gathering, particularly related to SALT (state and local taxes inclusive of property taxes), all capped at $10,000.00 ("Democrats in High-Tax States Plot to Blunt Impact of New Tax Law") ...
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| California's "Sanctuary State" law goes into effect LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- California made history by becoming the first "Sanctuary State" in the United States as a new law showing a will to resist the White House's immigration policy went into effect Monday. The law, which was called SB (Senate Bill) 54 before being signed by California ...
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| Social media companies could face huge fines from German hate speech law Germany started enforcing a law on Monday that fines social media companies for not deleting hate speech on their platforms. Internet companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube-parent Google will now have just a 24-hour window to remove offending posts. The law carries fines of up to $60 million ...
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| New tax law a net plus for Polk businesses LAKELAND — Barely two weeks after Congress approved a major federal income tax reform, the new law has already trickled down to the Polk County ... Some 16 employees of the three Lakeland branches of Fifth Third Bank found out soon after the law passed that they and the company's 13,500 ...
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| What New Tax Law? Caterpillar Fights to Protect -2- Under federal law, any tax shelter must have "economic substance," or a legitimate business purpose for entering into it, and can't simply be to avoid taxes. Caterpillar has never wavered from its position that the Swiss subsidiary is perfectly legal, even though some employees raised doubts internally.
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| Law aimed at opioid crisis comes into effect A 2016 prescription monitoring law called on state regulators to study whether the limits on prescriptions for opioid medications had any impact on out-of-pocket costs for patients. The law said that study's due by Jan. 1, 2018. A state task force recently said the state has a long way to go on issues such as ...
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| New hate crime law pushed by AG Madigan goes into effect in Illinois A new hate crime law initiated by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan went into effect at the start of the new year. The legislation, which was sponsored by state Rep. Litesa Wallace and state Sen. Omar Aquino, stemmed from a "national increase in crimes motivated by hatred based on religion, race, ...
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| Uganda; Pres. Museveni signs Age Limit Bill into law Uganda's President Museveni has signed into law the controversial age limit Bill that dominated the political space in 2017, paving the way for him to contest for a sixth term in ... One of the more vocal opposition lawmakers had earlier threatened to resign if the president signed the age limit bill into law.
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| Indiana Law for Felony Arrest DNA Collection Taking Effect Indiana authorities are being required under a new state law to collect a DNA sample from those who are arrested for a felony crime. Jan. 1, 2018 ... The law taking effect Monday requires that police collect a DNA cheek swap, along with fingerprints and photographs during the booking process. That will ...
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| Election dates, license plates, eye drops: New Minnesota laws take effect The first day of 2018 saw a handful of new laws go into effect, including one related to election dates and another on specialty license plates. The laws were passed by the ... A new license plate that honors police officers killed in the line of duty will be coming, thanks to this new law. The Department of ...
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| Besides sparring with judiciary, law minister moves ahead on triple talaq, proxy vote for NRIs NEW DELHI: With a key document meant to guide appointment of judges hanging fire, the law ministry took its fight with the judiciary over judicial appointments a notch higher in 2017, even as it took major steps in bringing draft laws to ban instant triple talaq and allowing NRIs to vote here through ...
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| Smoking, driving, gun ownership change with Oregon laws in 2018 Oregon already had a law on the books requiring drivers to change lanes or slow down when passing an emergency or roadside assistance vehicle on the highway, but now that law will apply to all cars. If any vehicle is on the side of a highway displaying hazard lights, flares or other emergency or ...
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| Law granting sick time goes into effect Employees in Washington will no longer have to decide between getting paid or getting better. A state law went into effect on Monday that requires employers to provide most employees, including seasonal and part-time employees, with paid sick leave. The law also prohibits employers and businesses ...
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ACLU suing over law aimed at sex offenders in homeless shelters The ACLU is suing to stop a new Rhode Island law aimed at registered sex offenders in homeless shelters. The law that takes effect with the new year Monday impacts the Harrington Hall shelter at the state's Howard Complex in Cranston. The law means no more than 10 percent of the beds, which is 11 ...
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| New North Carolina law tracks opioid distribution, aims to prevent addiction North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper participates in a panel discussion during a session called "Curbing The Opioid Epidemic" at the first day of the National Governor's Association meeting Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia). Stephan Savoia. Trump Opioids.
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| NJ Courts Scrutinize Choice-of-Law Clauses to Protect Employees Even where an agreement specifies the law to be applied, New Jersey courts considering employment agreements—generally state courts and federal district courts sitting in diversity—must still engage in the choice-of-law analysis under New Jersey law. Under New Jersey's choice-of-law principles, ...
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| AfD politician 'censored' under new German hate speech law for anti-Muslim tweet The AfD appears to want to make the new social media law a major issue by testing boundaries and provoking a response from social media companies and law enforcement authorities. AfD parliamentary group leader Alice Weidel wrote on Facebook and Twitter defending her party colleague and ... Germany's strict new law about social media hate speech has already claimed its first victim - Business Insider
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| In late-night vote, Knesset passes law to hinder East Jerusalem withdrawal Before, the Jerusalem Law, passed in 1980 and amended in 2000, stated: "No authority that is stipulated in the law of the State of Israel or of the Jerusalem Municipality may be transferred either permanently or for an allotted period of time to a foreign body, whether political, governmental or to any other ...
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| Law enforcement looks forward to a good 2018 El Dorado County Sheriff John D'Agostini and his wife Janine started THRIVE 10-35 to provide the El Dorado County Sheriff law enforcement families the support they need to get through difficult times throughout their careers. Janine spearheads the program and fundraising to make it succeed.
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| New NY law guarantees paid family leave "Paid family leave act-- this is a new law and New York is first in the nation," said Jacqueline Kelleher of Stafford Owens, a law firm in Plattsburgh. The law states that people will now have a protected full eight weeks off for paid family leave. Newborns, including ones that are fostered or adopted, aren't ...
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| Commercial real estate comes out on top in tax law overhaul Commercial real estate comes out on top in tax law overhaul. Filed under Real Estate at 8 hrs ago ... The commercial property sector was already enjoying one of the best periods in decades before the new tax regulations were made law. While the residential real estate industry is worried that the tax ...
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| Right-wing coalition passes law allowing Jerusalem to be divided A law ostensibly meant to make it harder to cede parts of Jerusalem to a foreign entity, which has a glaring loophole that allows Jerusalem to be divided, ... The amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, requiring a vote of 80 MKs out of 120 to give parts of the capital away, was proposed by Bayit Yehudi ...
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| Workplace laws in 2018 could impact job seekers, parents and ex-offenders New laws will take effect Monday that could have a big impact on how parents, ex-offenders and job seekers navigate California workplaces. Starting Jan. 1, employers in the state will be banned from asking job applicants about their criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment or ...
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| Tax Law Justified Using Cost-Benefit Analysis Economists often employ cost-benefit methods to analyze government interventions in the economy. Cost-benefit analyses focus on real output: how much real output is used up in a project (social costs) compared with how much real output is generated by the project (social benefits). The Office of ...
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| Law would prohibit short summer rentals Bellport officials have proposed a law banning short-term rentals in the village during summer months. If the law is approved, homeowners wouldn't be allowed to rent their homes for fewer than 16 days between May 1 and Sept. 30. Homeowners would also be barred from personally using their property ...
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| Top law schools accepting GRE instead of LSAT to broaden pool For nearly 70 years prospective law school students have had to sweat through the LSAT, puzzling over intense logical reasoning questions as they try to prove they've got the makings of a future lawyer. Some of the country's top law schools, though, are moving to admit new students without forcing ...
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| Akron's NicheVision develops crime-fighting DNA analysis software for law enforcement AKRON, Ohio - Nestled in the shadows of the city's former rubber industry, forensic software development company NicheVision seeks to change how DNA is analyzed by law enforcement. Founder and CEO Luigi Armogida said the company develops software for agencies worldwide, including the U.S. ...
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| New NC law puts drivers, police on the same page A new law for North Carolina drivers just getting their license went into effect January 1, 2018. Lawmakers wanted to be proactive when keeping drivers safe when they get pulled over by police. National headlines of police involved shootings during traffic stops birthed House Bill 21. It tells drivers what ...
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| Denver shooter investigated for threatening University of Wyoming law school Officers from various police agencies line up on W. Jamison Avenue in front of Littleton Hospital as they wait for a procession honoring an officer who was fatally wounded in a domestic incident in a Highlands Ranch apartment complex on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. Four other police officers and two ...
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Grace period ends for Washington state's distracted driving law ... such as grooming, smoking, eating or reading, could result in a $99 ticket if a driver is pulled over for another offense. Fatalities in the state caused by distracted driving increased 32 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. The new law was put into effect to ...
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| Widower calls for cycling law change after rise in convictions under Victorian law He told Sky News: "I maintain that the law is hopelessly out of date. "A week after Kim died I received a call from the police to say there was an issue with the bike and they were considering bringing charges but they didn't know which charges they could bring because these laws weren't there. "We then ...
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| YearEnder: Congress 2017 and the resurgence of martial law MANILA, Philippines — The year 2017 saw Congress approving the first post-Marcos martial law proclamation in a historic vote, although limited to strife-torn Mindanao, and extending it twice – first for five months until Dec. 31 and then for the entire 2018. This unprecedented move by a joint session of ...
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| PIL challenges rules framed for appointment of law officers The Madras High Court has sought the views of the State government to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by a lawyer to declare the Appointment of Law Officers of High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai (Appointment) Rules of 2017 as illegal, arbitrary and in defiance of a long line of ...
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| "Very helpful:" Some hope Florida law requiring animal abusers to register becomes law nationwide LEE COUNTY, Florida — Should animal abusers have to register like sex offenders do? A Florida law that requires people convicted of animal abuse to register is gaining popularity across the country. Hillsborough County, Florida has an online database that lists animal abusers. The tool can be used ...
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| FSA AGI Tests to Get Tougher Under New Tax Law? Farm operations that sign up with FSA for ARC, PLC, CRP payments, etc. are subject to certain adjusted gross income (AGI) limitations both at the entity and individual level. The current farm bill limits farmers and their owners to an overall AGI limit of $900,000. Under previous law, individuals simply ...
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| Medical pot enforcement higher ahead of new law Lansing — County sheriffs across Michigan are using excess state revenue from medical marijuana patient and caregiver fees to beef up enforcement as the state prepares to license dispensaries and related pot businesses in communities that want them. Law enforcement agencies in 54 of Michigan's ...
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| Mali; government to propose new amnesty law in ongoing peace process "The draft law on the national agreement" to be presented "in the coming weeks" will therefore provide for "the exemption from prosecution of all those involved in armed rebellion, but who have no blood on their hands" , he added. It will also include "appeasement measures following the acceleration of ...
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| Five law enforcement officers shot, suspected gunman killed Authorities say Riehl used his rifle to fatally shoot 29-year-old Zackari Parrish and wound four other law enforcement officers and two civilians. More than 100 rounds were fired over the prolonged ordeal which ended after SWAT officers entered and shot and killed Riehl in a shootout. Parrish leaves ...
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| After being passed into law, what's next for TRAIN? As we bid our farewell to 2017, the Philippines will welcome the New Year with a new Republic Act. The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), otherwise known as RA 10963, is now officially a law after having been signed by President Duterte last Dec. 19, 2017. The TRAIN is the first ...
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| State and federal law enforcement teaming up for Sugar Bowl security The system does not just benefit law enforcement. The real time crime center will be crucial in assisting emergency responders during big events like the Sugar Bowl. "Particularly when it comes to large scale special events, we're not just looking for crimes in progress, we're not just looking for other ...
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| New NH laws include fetal homicide, parental rights bills CONCORD, N.H. (AP) A new law allowing murder charges to be brought against those who cause the death of a fetus is among those taking effect on Jan. 1 in New Hampshire. Nearly 40 other states already have fetal homicide laws. New Hampshire's version would allow fetuses that have reached 20 ...
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| New laws affect California businesses in 2018 In this Sept. 4, 2017 photo, Union workers and minimum wage activists gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. California state lawmakers passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed nearly 900 new laws in 2017, most of which take effect Jan. 1, 2018. Among them is one increasing the state ...
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| Metro charities see record donations after tax law passed, but worry about the future "The tax cut law that was just passed will have an effect on charitable contributions and non-profits across the US," said Bentley. Metro charities agree, the sheer size of donations this year (this week) trumps years past. That, in large part, is due to the tax cut signed into law by President Trump earlier this ...
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| Donald Trump Declares A National Emergency And Financial Martial Law Against Globalists Alex Jones and Dr. Jerome Corsi talk about Trump's executive order. This is essentially martial law against foundations and multinational combines. The vast majority of the people they are going after have deep ties to the Clinton foundation. Trump is now using the enormous power of the presidency to ...
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New law allows recreational marijuana sales in California Law went into effect on January 1 allowing for stores to sell pot to adults aged 21 and older; Marianne Rafferty reports from Los Angeles.
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| Museveni signs age limit bill into law President Museveni has signed into law the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 of the 2017 popularly known as the age limit bill recently passed by.
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| Germany Starts Enforcing Hate Speech Law Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material. From a report: Sites that do not remove "obviously illegal" posts could face fines of up to 50m euro ($60m). The law gives the networks 24 hours to act after th...
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| Germany enforces social media hate speech law Germany begins to fully enforce a hate speech law that requires operators of large online networks to act faster in removing hate speech, fake news and illegal content. Media reports said on Monday that the transition period given to companies to adjust with the so-called Network Enforcement Act ...
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| Simplified law book launched today worldrugby.org - the official site of the international governing body of rugby union with news, member unions, regional associations, tournaments, results, fixtures, world rankings, laws of the game, regulations, development, training, player welfare, information on playing rugby.
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| Trust and the Law This chapter provides a selective review of the literature on trust and the law. We highlight the psychological and game theoretic mechanisms underpinning the role of trust in relationships with incomplete contracts. We also discuss evidence on whether behavioral trust and the strength of legal ...
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| Contact Abear Law Offices is a full-service family law firm serving clients throughout DuPage County. We handle a multitude of issues that impact families such as divorce, child support, child custody and visitation. Call today for help!
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| Special Victims Unit: Blood Brothers When a pregnant thirteen-year-old girl refuses to identify her baby's father, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and the SVU squad work to determine if she was raped. Their investigation leads to several men in her life including Tripp Raines, the teenage son of high-profile political couple Andrew and Kathleen ...
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| Parks Law Enforcement Academy Certificate The Parks Law Enforcement Academy (CJ 241 , CJ 242 , CJ 243 , CJ 244 , and CJ 245 ) meets the entry requirements for work as a Law Enforcement Park Ranger within the National, State, County and local park systems. This 720 hour-long academy is nationally accredited and approved by the ...
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| High-Tax States Plot to Blunt Impact of New Tax Law "Governors and legislative leaders in New York, California and other states are considering legal challenges to elements of the law that they say unfairly single out parts of the country. They are looking at ways of raising revenue that aren't penalized by the new law. And they are considering changing ...
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| "Colorism and the Law in Latin America—Global Perspectives on Colorism " by Tanya Katerí ... Today, persons of African descent make up more than forty percent of the poor in Latin America and have been consistently marginalized and denigrated as undesirable elements of the society since the abolition of slavery across the Americas. However, Latin Americans still very much adhere to the ...
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Report: FBI believed Clinton, aides broke law with emails Rep. Matt Gaetz sounds off on the investigation on 'Fox & Friends.'
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| Oregon Strikes Down Law Banning Self-Service Gas Stations… People are raising cane on social media about a law in Oregon making it legal for citizens to pump their own gas. A law passed through Oregon's legislature in May and signed into law in June will allow counties with 40,000 residents or fewer to pump their own gas. Oregonians are not pleased about the ...
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| What's New in Public Law —Mohamed Abdelaal, Assistant Professor, Alexandria University Faculty of Law. In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in public law. "Developments" may include a selection of links to news, high court decisions, new or recent scholarly books and articles, and ...
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| New Law Prevents California Schools From Choosing to Allow Guns on Campus New Law Prevents California Schools From Choosing to Allow Guns on Campus. courtesy Sacramento Bee. "The Legislature's approval of AB 424 is a common-sense step, supported by campus police officers, to make sure schools are gun-free." – California Assemblyman Kevin McCarty in New laws in ...
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| Brother-in-law of Martin Luther King Jr. dies at 83 ATLANTA — The brother-in-law of Martin Luther King Jr. and a founding member of The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change has died. Isaac Newton Farris Sr., who suffered from prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease, died at his Atlanta home on Saturday morning, his daughter ...
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