• NPR

    After 26,000 public comments, FTC to vote on rule banning noncompete agreements

    The Federal Trade Commission will vote Tuesday on whether to issue a final rule banning noncompete agreements. The Biden administration has argued that noncompetes harm workers and stifle competition.

    • WBRZ

    Journalists, free speech advocates raise concerns over state bill that would limit access to public records

    BATON ROUGE — Louisianans may soon lose access to great swaths of government records currently made available upon request under the state public records law.A Senate panel voted 6-2 Wednesday to advance a bill — backed by Gov. Jeff Landry and sponsored by Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek — that would gut public access to information at every level of government.The proposal, Senate Bill 482, would bar access to “any records reflecting advisory opinions,...

  • FIRE calls Chemerinsky 3L dinner limited public forum, says free speech has limitations

    A dinner for third-year law students at the home of Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky last week became a site of protest, prompting the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

  • Proposed State Rules

    By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/ . The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members. To make special arrangements for...

  • Thousands to rally over gendered violence 'emergency'

    Australians will take to the nation’s streets in their thousands to demand an end to gendered violence which advocates warn has reached crisis levels. About 15 rallies will be held across the nation over the weekend amid calls for concrete action to break the cycle of violence which has claimed the lives of at least […]

  • Australia to dodge United States' inflation uptick

    Australia is yet to declare victory against inflation and hotter-than-expected price data out of the world’s biggest economy and fresh volatility in oil markets are casting shadows over the outlook. AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina says the recent uptick in United States’ inflation data is concerning but Australia is experiencing different consumer price trends […]

  • 4 injured in Minden tornado, state of emergency declared

    (Minden) – At least four people were injured Friday night as a large

  • Public Hearing Considers New Rule for Election Observers

    State elections commission consulted local election clerks, poll workers, political parties.

  • Milton receives clarity on public comment requirement at meetings

    The Milton City Council has received additional information from Attorney Erick Mead, clarifying what the law requires about allowing for public comment at its meetings. The council spent approximately 40 minutes of a work session last week discussing public comment, and Mead had weighed in on the issue throughout. The council appeared to leave the April 18 […]

  • NYS Legislature Passes 2024-25 State Budget

    The New York State Legislature passed a $237 billion dollar budget Saturday, two weeks after the 2024-25 budget was due. Governor Kathy Hochul issued a statement saying, “This budget agreement represents the most significant improvement in housing policy in three generations. It includes transformative investments in health care and education that will put our State […]

  • The FTC noncompete ruling will narrow the gender gap in entrepreneurship

    Noncompete agreements make entrepreneurship more costly, more risky, and more penalizing for women.

  • Emergency abortion care is before the Supreme Court—and blue states should be very worried

    Jaelyn was 19 weeks and five days into a much-wanted pregnancy when the cramping began—slowly at first, then in an insistent rhythm that signaled she was in labor. Several excruciating hours later, emergency doctors delivered a heart-wrenching diagnosis. The amniotic sac was protruding from her cervix; her baby was doomed. “There’s nothing we can do,” […]