Judge’s order restricts enforcement of rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
TOPEKA, Kan. — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding antidiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere…
How will Louisiana’s Ten Commandments classroom requirement work?
BATON ROUGE, La. — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms,…
Los Angeles OKs study of removing police from traffic enforcement
Four years ago, after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, reform advocates in Los Angeles called for an end to the city’s reliance on police.…
Amid deaths, California could require licenses for stonecutting shops
As growing numbers of countertop cutters in California suffer from an incurable and deadly lung disease, lawmakers are seeking to clamp down on which businesses…
Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose…
L.A. County supervisors voted to limit Airbnb, Vrbo and other short-term rentals in unincorporated areas
Airbnbs and other short-term rentals in unincorporated areas will be restricted to hosts who are renting out their primary residence, under a proposal that gained…
Commission: ‘Abdication’ of law enforcement allowed Maine mass shootings
Robert Card, 40, is seen in an image from surveillance footage during the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on October 25. Local authorities had enough…
The EU is trusting fossil fuel firms to help clean up the carbon – POLITICO
In 2009, as part of a recession recovery package, the European Commission launched a €1 billion program to support eight projects in the hope of…
Adams vetoes law enforcement bills, despite likely council override
The Council passed the How Many Stops Act in December with a veto-proof two-thirds majority: 35-9, with four absences and three abstentions. Adams signaled Friday…