GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of citizens legal status
Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could open a path to citizenship to nearly half a million immigrants without legal…
California should reform CEQA instead of punching holes in it
For the second time in two years, the California Legislature passed a one-off law to circumvent the California Environmental Quality Act. And this time, the…
Indonesia Stocks Rebound After Protests Derail Election Law
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessIndonesian pro-democracy protesters won a significant victory late Thursday, forcing lawmakers to scrap a controversial push to revise regional election laws. The…
Indonesia legislature scraps election law changes after protests | Protests
NewsFeedIndonesian lawmakers cancelled plans to ratify election law changes after thousands protested in Jakarta and other big cities. The legislation would have reversed rulings by…
Justices say Arizona can require proof of citizenship to register voters
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Arizona may require proof of citizenship when registering new voters for future elections.But the court refused…
Indonesia scraps plan to change election law after thousands protest | Politics News
Protesters clash with police after the outgoing president’s allies try to revise election rules, which could have installed a political dynasty.Indonesian legislators have cancelled plans…
California bill would allow drinking til 4 a.m. in Intuit Dome suites
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers have repeatedly tried and failed to extend the state’s last call laws to allow establishments to serve alcohol past 2 a.m., what…
Alabama law makes offering, receiving compensation to gather mail ballots a felony
Canvassers process mail-in election ballots at a sorting facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland on Thursday, October 29, 2020. The workers check for authenticity and errors before…
Protests across Indonesia as parliament delays change to election law | Protests News
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in multiple cities across Indonesia to protest against attempted revisions to the country’s election law. Indonesia’s parliament…
Ukraine’s collaboration law – are some being unfairly punished?
BBC“I don’t deserve to be here at all” is a protestation you would expect to hear from someone in prison. But, as she sits in…
California lawmakers call for heat protections for farmworkers
State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California has sharply cut back on enforcement of outdoor heat…
Ukraine adopts ‘historic’ law to ban Moscow-linked Orthodox Church | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv has accused the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of complicity in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Ukraine has adopted a law to ban religious groups linked to…
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in an Arizona election dispute this week and block up to 40,000 of…
A-list stars should be ‘quaking in their boots’ as ‘Ketamine Queen’ faces further questioning
A-LIST actors should be “quaking in their boots” as the “Ketamine Queen” whose drugs allegedly killed Matthew Perry faces further questioning, a lawyer has warned.Jasveen…
Mariska Hargitay helped get over 11,000 rape kits tested
Mariska Hargitay’s crime-solving efforts have gone off-screen.In NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU,” the actor plays Olivia Benson, a detective investigating sex-related crimes in Manhattan. But…
Iran dismisses European restraint calls as contradicting international law | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Iran says the request by France, Germany and Britain ‘lacks political logic’ and it is determined to deter Israel.Iran has dismissed calls by France, Germany…
Dozens of pregnant patients turned away from ERs despite federal law
WASHINGTON — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her.Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her…
Would you boycott Turkey over horrifying dog-kill law? Take our poll and have your say
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A controversial new law has been introduced in Turkey which has seen the government declare stray dogs can be rounded up and…
Republicans’ ‘Tampon Tim’ joke about Walz is already backfiring
Before Tuesday, vice presidential contender Tim Walz was hardly a household name. Now that the Minnesota governor has been the subject of round-the-clock news interviews…
‘Bubble zones’ proposed to keep back protesters at abortion clinics and synagogues in L.A.
Protesters would need to give 8 feet of space to people entering abortion clinics, schools or places of worship across swaths of Los Angeles County…