Dec. 27—The Easley brothers are making their mark as the newest members of Claremore’s community of civil litigators and courtroom attorneys. Success and plans for more of the same in the future have been written in black and white, as attorneys Kevin Easley and Korbyn Easley have taken up residence in the Price building at […]
Cynthia Chesky has been walking regularly in Bristol for about 18 months, bagging trash along the way, and in that time has picked up more than 60,000 nip bottles. One day she collected 285 of the bottles in four hours. “I thought, ‘Am I the only one picking these up?’” she said. “Environmentally this is […]
Dec. 27—By Alex Mann — amann@baltsun.com December 27, 2023 at 11:53 a.m. Maryland’s bar counsel, which investigates wrongdoing by attorneys, has moved to suspend former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s law license. Thomas M. DeGonia, the state’s recently appointed bar counsel, cited Mosby’s November perjury convictions in a petition asking the Supreme Court of Maryland […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of judges has blocked a new Tennessee law that would reconfigure the group overseeing professional sports facilities in Nashville by letting state leaders pick six of its 13 board members. Late last week, three judges agreed the law targeting the Nashville Sports Authority likely violates home rule protections in […]
Starting in January a new state law will make it harder for children under 16 to access social media in Ohio. On Jan. 15, Ohio’s Social Media Parental Notification Act will go into effect, and big name companies will have until then to comply. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s annual budget in July, […]
Texas roadways are full of great sights, but there’s one that might not fit the bill: speed traps. Merriam Webster defines a speed trap as, “A stretch of road policed by often concealed officers or devices, such as radar, so as to catch speeders.” Essentially, these are areas just off the roadway where police officers […]
In the wake of new legislation in Texas, some homeowners have been left unsure whether protections apply to them — or whether their HOAs take precedence. HJR 126 is an amendment to the Texas state constitution that passed in November 2023, “protecting the right to engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management.” […]
A Williamsburg man was sentenced for assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Jonathan Mellis, 35, pleaded guilty in June to one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding certain officers. He was sentenced Wednesday to 51 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $20,000 in […]
Nearly half the babies in Washington are born into poor families. This legislative session, some lawmakers and the state treasurer are once again trying to get a proposal passed by the Legislature that they say will break cycles of poverty. “Within days of one’s birth, people are sent into two different economic trajectories,” State Treasurer […]
AUSTIN, Texas – On Monday, Gov. Abbott signed SB 4. The controversial new law enables Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the border illegally, and allows judges to either send them to jail or send them back. Just one day later, the ACLU and other groups filed a lawsuit trying to prevent that […]
Minnesota is implementing a new law in the new year which is aimed at reducing the state’s pay gap between employers of different races and genders. According to Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, compared to their white male counterparts, white women make 81 cents on the dollar, while Asian women make 70 cents, Black women make […]
Read the full story on The Backfire News Allegedly Drunk Law Student Tries Lecturing The Police We’re not saying all lawyers are bad or incompetent, but this traffic stop bodycam footage from Albuquerque showing an allegedly intoxicated driver who’s also apparently a law student sure is revealing. Veronique, who’s all of 25, says she’s a […]