LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Board of Education improperly voted to let a nonprofit charter school organization manage a school district because a new law allowing such contracts has not yet taken effect, according to a lawsuit filed
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Teachers and other government employees will have to write monthly checks if they want to stay in their union after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday banning automatic dues deductions from public employees’ paychecks,
Florida now has the lowest threshold in the country for sentencing people to death, thanks to a law signed Thursday by governor Ron DeSantis.
Under the bill, eight of 12 jurors can seal a death sentence. Most states require an
By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine — On a breezy spring day, scientists and conservationists methodically conducted experiments near 15 North Atlantic right whales that occasionally spouted and surfaced in a bay south of Boston.
The pod of adults
Governor Ron DeSantis signed the “Constitutional Carry” law, becoming the 26th state to loosen gun restrictions and allow citizens to carry concealed weapons without a government-issued permit.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Republicans’ newly passed permitless concealed gun carry law
(Reuters) – US law firm Jenner & Block said Monday it hired a former US prosecutor from rival Paul Hastings to help lead its financial technology and cryptocurrency practice, as the US government intensifies its scrutiny of the crypto industry.
BALTIMORE — A $20,000 reward is being offered in the search of Roy McGrath, the ex-chief of staff to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.
The reward money is being split by the US Marshals Service and the
JAKARTA, March 21 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday passed into law an emergency decree on jobs and investment, eliminating legal uncertainty hanging over measures by President Joko Widodo has pushed to spur investment in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
The
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday blocked key provisions of a California law that drastically restricted the sale of new handguns in the state, saying parts of the legislation violated the Second Amendment.
A lawsuit challenging the law
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming has pushed to the front of state efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion by instituting the nation’s first explicit ban on pills that terminate pregnancies.
Medication abortions, which usually involve taking two prescription
