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Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has stopped state funding to the city of Dolton after Mayor Tiffany Henyard refused to turn over a financial reports and a financial audit, as required by state law. Mendoza said she may fine the city if it fails to turn over the reports. Henyard…

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Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban

The families have asked the court for a preliminary injunction so the girls could participate during soccer practice

The Independent UK

How Ohio schools reduced chronic absenteeism

Schools in Ohio, like other schools across the country, are struggling to reduce chronic absenteeism, which spiked during the pandemic. But Ohio may have a head start on dealing with the problem, thanks to a 2018 state law encouraging a positive approach to discipline.

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Texas women refused abortions for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies demand probe into hospitals

Although Texas has banned nearly all abortions, providing the procedure in cases of ectopic pregnancies is allowed under state law

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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law

More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022

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Miami Beach is now imposing fines to those living in boats in the city

In 2016, state law prohibited anchoring in certain areas of Miami Beach, but boaters were and still are allowed to anchor in Sunset Harbour

Latin Times

NRA legal judgment bans LaPierre but could signal the end of gun group’s fight with New York authorities

A New York judge on July 29, 2024, banned Wayne LaPierre, the former head of the National Rifle Association, from holding any paid position with the organization for a decade. The ruling came five months after a New York City jury found, during an earlier stage in these legal proceedings,…

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Marijuana decriminalization measures in San Marcos, Austin get early court wins

Three other cities have passed similar measures but the Texas AG and others question whether they can be enforced because of conflicts with state law.

The Texas Tribune

Arkansas Supreme Court Orders Counting Of Abortion-Rights Signatures

Arkansas Supreme Court orders signature count for abortion-rights ballot initiative, raising uncertainty. Dispute over compliance with state law.

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Tennessee Will Not Appeal Ruling Over Wildlife Agents Planting Cameras

While the decision is great news for Tennesseans, it's only the first step in reclaiming Americans' property rights against the open fields doctrine.

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Biden administration proposes rule to protect workers from extreme heat

The proposal comes a year after a new state law ended mandatory water breaks in Austin and Dallas. Last year was the hottest on record in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to Texas’ age verification requirement for porn sites

A state law passed last year requires pornographic websites to adopt age-verification measures, leading sites like Pornhub to block user access in Texas.

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Campus carry weapons law debuts in West Virginia, joins 11 other states

People with concealed carry permits can possess firearms on West Virginia public college and university campuses under a state law that debuted Monday

The Independent UK

First officer is convicted of murder since Washington state law eased prosecution of police

A jury has found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store

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New Hampshire teacher says student she drove to abortion clinic was 18, denies law was broken

A private school teacher who says she was fired after driving an 18-year-old student to get an abortion is suing New Hampshire’s Department of Education and officials she says falsely suggested she circumvented state law

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Justice Alito says allowing abortions in medical emergencies is ‘bizarre’ as he fights for rights of ‘unborn child’

The Supreme Court handed abortion rights advocates a narrow win, for now, in case about emergency abortions

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New York state prisons violate solitary confinement rules, judge says

A judge has ruled that New York’s state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law

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Judge weighing whether to close El Paso shelter that aids undocumented immigrants

Texas argues that Annunciation House is breaking state law by harboring undocumented immigrants, something the shelter's lawyers called "utter nonsense."

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A few midwives seek to uphold Native Hawaiian birth traditions. Would a state law jeopardize them?

A group of midwives who focus on traditional Native Hawaiian birth practices are trying to block a Hawaii law that requires midwives to obtain licenses

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Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington will make clear that hospitals must provide emergency abortions

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said Washington will spell out in state law that hospitals must provide abortions if needed to stabilize patients, a step that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on whether conservative states can bar abortions during some medical emergencies

Salon

Trump could lose NJ liquor licenses

State law prohibits anyone who has been convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude" from holding the licenses

Reason

American Voters Need Fast U.S. Supreme Court Review of the Constitutionality of President Trump's Convictions

New York state courts must rule quickly and separately, if they can under New York law, on the constitutionality under the First Amendment of President Trump's recent criminal convictions.

Salon

Experts: Trump could ask SCOTUS for help

There are multiple federal questions Trump could raise to get SCOTUS to intervene, UCLA Prof. Rick Hasen told Salon

Latin Times

Louisiana lawmakers pass bill allowing state law enforcement to arrest and jail unlawful migrants

The Independent UK

Miami TV meteorologist blasts Ron DeSantis over new ‘Don’t Say Climate Change’ law

Governor signed bill repealing key climate change policies in Florida law in the face of extreme sea level rise in the state and more powerful hurricanes

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