New immigration law affects Okaloosa County

SHALIMAR — “This law is negatively impacting our local economy, public health and safety, and destabilizing much of our Latino community,” said Grace Resendez-McCaffery, the editor-in-chief of La Costa Latina newspaper, when addressing the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners on June 20. Holding back tears, Resendez-McCaffery asked the board for assistance as Florida Senate […]

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Trump’s co-defendant in classified documents case still hasn’t hired a lawyer

Nearly a month after former president Donald Trump was arraigned on the 38-count federal indictment he and his longtime aide Walt Nauta are facing for allegedly unlawfully retaining national defense information and obstructing justice, the ex-president’s co-defendant still needs legal representation. Mr Nauta, a retired Navy chief petty officer who served as Mr Trump’s White […]

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Court of Appeal GA Affirms Board of Commissioners Acted in Legislative Capacity When Requiring Rezoning and Not in a Quasi Judicial Capacity

This post was written by Tyler Doan, Esq. The Cook (Cook) Community purchased approximately 32.6 acres of land in Hall County to build about 200 attached townhouses. At the time of purchase, the land was classified as agricultural housing. Cook attempted to have the zoning maps changed and the property re-arranged according to a residential […]

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Fears for people and firms as China’s new anti-espionage law comes into effect | China

A revised law dramatically expanding China’s definition of espionage has come into force, giving Beijing even more power to punish what it deems threats to national security. The US government, analysts and lawyers say that the revisions to Beijing’s anti-espionage law are vague and will give authorities more leeway in implementing already opaque national security […]

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