Illinois State

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(The Center Square) – Migrants who get deported from the country may be able to keep their professional license from Illinois under a new law.  Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the measure into law last week. House Bill 5457 provides that the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may not revoke, suspend, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action […]

Illegal immigrants can keep professional licenses despite deportation with new law

As marijuana use becomes more mainstream, Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) is sponsoring legislation that will prevent federal agencies from rejecting applicants if they have smoked a “doobie.” The Dismantling Outdated Obstacles and Barriers to Individual Employment Act, also known as the DOOBIE Act, was introduced to the Senate on July 11 and referred to the […]

Democratic senator leads legislation preventing federal agencies from barring applicants for marijuana use

Nebraska State

The State of Nebraska could be the first U.S. state to revise its stance on gambling rules. No other jurisdiction across 2024 has made any state-wide changes to how gambling operators are permitted to offer their services. New bills tabled by Nebraska legislators, could, however, make the Cornhusker state the first across this year.

Nebraska could be the first state to revise gambling laws in 2024

Colorado State

(The Center Square) – Three new laws and two bills vetoed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis put Colorado on a list of states in need of judicial reform, according to a judicial watchdog group. The American Tort Reform Association, a nonprofit founded in 1986 and dedicated to reforming the...

Justice reform group criticizes Colorado's expansion of liability laws

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Kansas State

The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows, leaving Texas as the only state so far where a legal challenge has succeeded. U.S. District...

Federal judge refuses to block Biden administration rule on gun sales in Kansas, 19 other states

Florida State

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

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CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

California State

(The Center Square) - California is close to unanimously passing a bill that would send health inspectors to privately-run federal immigration centers in the state due to concerns about conditions at these facilities. SB 1132 passed the California Senate without any opposing votes and would allow the state to deploy...

Calif targeting privately-run federal immigration centers for health inspections

Pennsylvania State

In a case that could continue to reshape the gambling landscape in Pennsylvania, the owners of 12 of the state’s 17 casinos have filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth, challenging the constitutionality of the current tax regime on slot machine revenues. The crux of the dispute, according to the...

Pennsylvania Casinos Threaten Tax Freeze Over Skill Games Dispute

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Proposition 33, Justice for Renters Act, will be on the California ballot, November 5, for voters to decide on removing a rent control ban. According to Ballotpedia, a "yes" vote repeals the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (1995), which will allow cities and counties to limit rent on any housing.

Prop. 33 will allow California voters to decide on removing rent control ban

The Independent

 A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.The state’s high court acknowledged in its ruling that abortion and gender-affirming care “are distinct types of medical care,” but found the law does not violate Nebraska’s single-subject rule because both abortion and transgender health fall under the subject of medical care.The majority relied, in part, on a passage from an 1895 ruling to find the state constitution offers...

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

Arizona State

Lukeville, AZ

(The Center Square) – United States Customs and Border Protection agents just announced their largest fentanyl seizure ever. The announcement on Thursday related to half a ton of fentanyl seized at the Port of Lukeville on July 1, as it was being trafficked in the United States by a 20-year-old citizen from Arizona.

Arizona fentanyl bust biggest ever for CBP

Tennessee State

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New laws in Tennessee and Wyoming passed this year prohibiting the use of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as red flag laws. They are the third and fourth states to adopt such laws after Oklahoma did so in 2020 and West Virginia in 2021. ERPOs authorize individuals, typically...

Tennessee and Wyoming passed anti-red flag law legislation in 2024

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Springfield, IL

(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump, who supports police immunity, says what he knows of the shooting death of Springfield resident Sonya Massey at the hands of a sheriff’s deputy doesn’t look good. Massey was shot and killed July 6 by a Sangamon County sheriff’s...

Trump says police immunity not for ‘evil’ but for innocent mistakes

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Alameda County, CA

Oakland, CA

(The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is deploying California National Guard lawyers to prosecute cases in Alameda County, where Oakland is. Newsom’s office also detailed Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s months of delays preventing CalGuard’s deployment, publicly highlighting the state of the district attorney’s office.

California sends military prosecutors to Alameda County as violent crime doubles

(The Center Square) – Newspapers across the country have historically made issue of the race of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris since her first days in public office. Newspaper stories now more than 20 years old have referenced Harris as an Indian-American and as a Black woman. More recently,...

Kamala Harris has been identified as Indian, Black and Asian American by newspapers

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Pritzker signs BIPA update, 'justice-impacted individual' measure, 57 other bills

(The Center Square) – Dozens of measures impacting employers, education, health care, criminal justice and more are now law after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted 59...

Pritzker signs BIPA update, 'justice-impacted individual' measure, 57 other bills

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