Hong Kong's new national security law came into force on Saturday, putting into immediate effect tough penalties of up to life imprisonment for crimes including treason and insurrection.The law -- commonly referred to as Article 23 -- targets five categories of national security crimes and was swiftly passed by Hong Kong's opposition-free legislature on Tuesday.The United States, the European Union, Japan and Britain have been among the law's strongest critics, with UK Foreign Minister David...
Critics say the ‘Article 23' legislation will be used to target peaceful dissent and quell political opposition.
Youngstown has a law making it illegal for anyone to feed stray animals.
Over the last couple years, several local Republican Party chapters have fallen into financial ruin, in many cases after squandering their money promoting Donald Trump’s bogus allegations of fraud in the 2020 election. Now the former president’s new fundraising arrangement with the Republican National Committee could worsen the GOP’s financial woes at the local level, according to NBC News: So state parties will be last in line to receive funding. And that’s bad news for the many state-level GOP...
The split in the ranks of the Assisted Dying committee comes down to a fundamental disagreement about the ethics involved.
The Democratic senator said she wants the public to know that the struggles she has experienced are common.
A group of prominent Arizona Republicans sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday over new air pollution regulations that they claim will hurt the economy. The Republican leaders of the state's House and Senate joined with the state Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the suit, alleging the new standards for fine air pollutants known
(The Center Square) - A new law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee allows illegal foreign nationals to obtain professional and commercial licenses to work a variety of jobs if they otherwise qualify or meet requirements. Under existing state law, a commercial vehicle license is needed from the state Department of Licensing to legally work certain careers, whereas other professions are regulated by a board of commission that determine the qualifications. Under HB 1889...
A bill signed into law by Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee (D) will require schools in the state to teach LGBTQ+ history. First introduced in January, S.B. 5462 requires school […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — In March 2017, Will Peterson and his friend David Cable stepped out Peterson’s front door in Lexington, Kentucky, to begin a pilgrimage. Their destination was the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, some 70 miles away. The journey is 75 minutes by car along the Bluegrass Parkway, but the friends didn’t […] The post A new walking pilgrimage culture? National Eucharistic Pilgrimage organizer has plans for US first appeared on OSV News.
The Columbus Aviation Board has approved the site plan review for the modernization of the Indiana National Guard Armory located at the airport. Continue reading at The Republic News.
By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror Arizona’s anti-abortion laws impact women across the Grand Canyon State, and one Democratic state senator spoke out about how those laws have hurt her as she seeks to end an unviable pregnancy, urging GOP lawmakers to consider the harm caused by the restrictive laws they support. An emotional Sen. Eva Burch described, in a speech Monday on the Senate floor, the hoops she has had to jump through to secure an abortion, after finding out her pregnancy is...