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Missouri State

Attendees cheer during a Missourians for Constitutional Freedom rally after the campaign turned in more than 380,000 signatures for its initiative petition to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution Friday morning (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Abortion will be on Missouri’s statewide ballot in November. An initiative petition to enshrine...

Missouri voters will decide whether to legalize abortion in November

Arizona State

Organizers for a ballot initiative that would amend the Arizona Constitution to protect abortion rights set up outside the Arizona Capitol on April 9, 2024, shortly after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 near-total abortion ban is enforceable. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror. Voters in November...

Abortion rights constitutional amendment cleared for the November ballot

West Virginia State

West Virginia's Amendment 1 in 2018 was approved and added language to the state's constitution that said "nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion." (Getty Images) A mugshot of a young woman in West Virginia, with the charge listed as...

How West Virginia misled its citizens on abortion rights

Ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment banning non-citizen and ranked-choice voting will not be changed, a judge ruled Monday (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). The ballot language written by lawmakers for a proposed constitutional amendment stating “only citizens of the United States” can vote and banning ranked-choice voting is fair and...

Judge upholds ballot language to ban noncitizen voting, already illegal in Missouri

Texas State

Houston, TX

The Independent

 Arthur Lee Burton was executed in Texas Wednesday for the murder of mother-of-three Nancy Adleman after apologizing to those he’d harmed with his horrific actions.“To all the people I have hurt and caused pain, I wish we didn’t have to be here at this moment, but I want you to know that I am sorry for putting y’all through this and my family,” he said. “I’m not better than anyone. I hope that I find peace and y’all can, too.”Burton was first convicted one year after the July 1997 murder, in which the 48-year-old mother, who had been jogging...

Texas death row inmate says ‘I’m sorry’ in last words as he’s executed for mother-of-three’s murder

Illinois State

Sangamon County, IL

Springfield, IL

NBC News

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday said the sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey had failed at his job and should resign. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell has resisted calls to resign, telling NBC News in an interview last week that Sean Grayson, the deputy who killed Massey in her home in Springfield last month, was solely responsible for her death.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker says sheriff whose deputy killed Sonya Massey should resign

Maryland State

The readily availability home tests could be masking the actual number of COVID-19 cases in the state, health officials say. Photo by Bryan P. Sears. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about half of the United States, including Maryland, have “very high” amounts of COVID-19 virus identified in wastewater collections, signals to health officials that viral activity is rising in the community.

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in Maryland, as CDC sees ‘very high’ levels of activity

The Center Square

(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 against a license or permit issued under the law based solely upon an immigration violation.
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Illegal immigrants can keep professional licenses despite deportation with new law

Oklahoma State

USA TODAY

Emmanuel Littlejohn will plead for clemency in front of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday. He's set to be executed in September.

Exclusive: Oklahoma death row inmate Emmanuel Littlejohn wants forgiveness, mercy

Law & Crime

The Missouri Supreme Court blocked the release of a wrongfully-convicted man Wednesday, issuing a last-minute order for him to stay incarcerated just as the man was exiting the prison facility and waiting for a ride. Christopher Dunn, 52, has served 34 years behind bars for the 1990 murder of 15-year-old Ricco Rogers. However, the evidence […]
The post ‘Morally and intellectually bankrupt’: Lawyer for exonerated man kept in prison slams last-minute order by Missouri Supreme Court first appeared on Law & Crime.

'Morally and intellectually bankrupt': Lawyer for exonerated man kept in prison slams last-minute order by Missouri Supreme Court

Moro, AR

An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty this week to the 2022 murder of his girlfriend’s young son, whose body was discovered buried under the floorboards of their family home, authorities said. On Monday, July 15, Nathan Bridges, 34, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree battery in the death of 5-year-old Blu Rolland, according to a statement from Arkansas State Police. Bridges was subsequently sentenced to 60 years in prison.

Man Pleads Guilty To Drowning Girlfriend’s Son in Toilet & Burying Body Under Floorboards

Jacksonville, FL

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Jacksonville Today

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

Booneville, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. On July 26, 2024, authorities in Prentiss County took into custody 49-year-old Jimmy Brian Wallis and 43-year-old Katie May Bishop, both residents of Booneville. They were taking into custody after one of their children tested positive for a controlled substance.

Booneville Couple Arrested on Child Endangerment Charges

Florida State

uInterview.com

Satanists have been volunteering as counselors in Florida public schools after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a law pressing for more religion in education. Members of the Satanic Temple stated that they are ready to act as volunteer chaplains under state law HB 931, which had taken effect earlier this month, opening campuses to more “counseling and support to students” from outside organizations.

Satanists Volunteer As Counselors In Florida Schools After Gov. DeSantis Signs Law Pushing For More Religion In Education

Mississippi State

(CN) — Between 2017 and 2020, some $77 million in Mississippi welfare funds were misspent. In a state with some of the lowest welfare payouts, money intended for needy families was instead funneled to unrelated causes. The ensuing state and federal investigations have so far led to eight indictments...

‘Mississippi Swindle’: New book traces welfare scandal that rocked Magnolia State

Saint Charles, MO

iHeartRadio

The rapper's lawyer clarifies what happened before Nelly was arrested

Nelly's Attorney Slams Missouri Police After Rapper Was Arrested

Wisconsin State

CBS Minnesota

Wisconsin Capitol Police have declined to investigate the leak of a state Supreme Court abortion order in June citing a conflict of interest, but the court's chief justice told The Associated Press she is pursuing other options.Chief Justice Annette Ziegler told AP via email on Thursday that she continues "to pursue other means in an effort to get to the bottom of this leak." She did not respond to messages last week and Monday asking what those other means were. Other justices also did not return a request for comment Monday.Ziegler called for the investigation on June 26 after the...

Wisconsin police won't investigate leak of Supreme Court abortion order

Denver, CO

David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

 Illinois must move most of the inmates at its 100-year-old prison within less than two months because of decrepit conditions, a federal judge ruled. The Illinois Department of Corrections said that U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood's order, issued Friday, to depopulate Stateville Correctional Center is in line with its plan to replace the facility. The department plans to rebuild it on the same campus in Crest Hill, which is 41 miles (66 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. That plan includes replacing the deteriorating Logan prison for women in the central Illinois city of Lincoln. The state might rebuild Logan...

Federal judge orders 100-year-old Illinois prison depopulated because of decrepit condition

NewsBreak

Rejection of proposed Arkansas abortion amendment threatens other ballot measures, supporters say

A supporter of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment holds up a sign in an Arkansas Capitol hallway while petitions to put the amendment on the November ballot...

Rejection of proposed Arkansas abortion amendment threatens other ballot measures, supporters say

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