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Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium” to stop the sale of soy grown on illegally deforested land in Brazil's Amazon

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Arizona AG Investigating Trump's Comments On Liz Cheney As Death Threat

Arizona AG investigates if Trump's comments on Liz Cheney could be considered a death threat under state law. Analysis ongoing to ensure peaceful elections.

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Texas Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Doctor For Gender Treatments

Texas Attorney General sues El Paso doctor for unlawfully providing gender-affirming treatments to minors in violation of state law.

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Michigan Officials Ordered To Halt Election Violations

Michigan election officials directed to cease administering elections for planning to breach state law by hand-counting votes.

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Texas Doctors Forced A Miscarrying Woman To Wait Nearly 2 Days Before Receiving Treatment. She Died Of A Preventable Infection

A Texas woman died from a preventable infection infection because doctors "had to wait until there was no heartbeat," per state law, before treating her miscarriage.

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Texas Doctors Forced a Miscarrying Woman to Wait Nearly 2 Days Before Receiving Treatment. She Died of a Preventable Infection

A Texas woman died from a preventable infection infection because doctors "had to wait until there was no heartbeat," per state law, before treating her miscarriage.

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Texas judge accused of breaking law after asking his university students to vote for him

A candidate running against the judge accused him of emailing his students at Texas State to vote for him. State law prohibits using public resources for political advertising.

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Texas Lawmakers 'Shocked' Over Bombshell Report That Texas University Used Dead Bodies for Research without Consent

Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Marc Veasey noted that death investigators are required by state law to submit that a effort has been made to contact family.

Latin Times

Facing election scrutiny, Texas prepares for Nov. 5 with paper ballots and strengthened security

Only a handful of Texas counties will not have all in-person voters cast paper ballots at the polls. By 2026, all voting machines in Texas must produce a paper trail, per a 2021 state law.

The Texas Tribune

Out With the Old: The Loophole California Landlords Use to Get Around Rent Control

State law allows landlords to evict tenants without cause if they are doing major renovations. Rent controlled tenants say it can be abused to kick them out for those who can pay more.

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Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

A Mississippi judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is guaranteed in the Mississippi Constitution

The Independent UK

California health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage law

Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California are getting a pay bump under a state law

The Independent UK

Ken Paxton sues TikTok for violating new Texas social media law

The attorney general argues that the popular short form video app has not complied with a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active online.

The Texas Tribune

State Laws Impacting Voting Processes In Presidential Swing States

Explore how new election processes and rules in various states are shaping the upcoming November election.

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Judge allows Texas State Fair’s gun ban to stand for now

Texas AG Ken Paxton says the fair's gun ban violates state law, which bars most government bodies from prohibiting weapons.

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Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe

The deaths of two women in Georgia have been tied to a state law that bans most abortions after roughly six weeks

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Nearly 100k Arizonans could be ineligible to vote in upcoming state and local elections due to registration quirk

A state law that went into effect in 2004 requires Arizona voters to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote in state and local elections

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Judge Denies Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'S Ballot Removal Request

Wisconsin judge denies Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s request to remove his name from the presidential ballot, citing state law. Kennedy's legal team seeks an exp...

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Ken Paxton withdrew an opinion on gun bans weeks after suing Texas state fair for a similar restriction

Paxton sued Dallas and state fair officials last month, arguing the fair’s private organizer had violated state law by banning firearms on the fairgrounds.

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At this West Texas church, “the Lord’s work” is helping the poor, not rewriting state law

Led by co-pastors Joe and Dawn Weaks, Connection Christian Church, a 118-year-old congregation in Odessa, has transformed while keeping true to its legacy of helping the community.

Reason

No, Not That David Sackler; No, Not That State Law

Law students: Take that Choice of Law (often called Conflicts of Laws) course your law school offers; it can be tremendously important.

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Maine Christian School Appeals Antidiscrimination Law Requirement

Christian school in Maine challenges state law on antidiscrimination for tuition program participation.

Reason

Firing Teacher for Refusing Instructions Not to Call Police About Alleged Assault by Student May Violate State Law

From Friday's decision by Judge Ronnie Abrams in Samuels v. Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science (S.D.N.Y.), Samuels' allegations: On June 9, 2022, one of Samuels' students "threw a hard ball that hit Samuels in the head, causing a concussion." Upon being struck, Samuels immediately reported the incident and…

The Texas Tribune

Election experts cautious as Abbott touts voter roll purge

Federal and state law already required voter roll maintenance. Experts warn the governor’s framing of this routine process could be used to undermine trust in elections.

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says

A judge has ruled that a Republican-controlled county in Pennsylvania violated state law when election workers refused to tell voters that their mail-in ballot had been rejected and wouldn’t be counted in last April’s primary election

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