Tag: Legislature
Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes
<p>ROME — Pope Francis has made another set of changes to the Vatican City State’s legal code, which has come under heightened scrutiny and...
French Caribbean fights to keep pesticide case alive
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France but used in the...
Freshman US Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s mother dies of COVID-19
YONKERS, N.Y. — Freshman U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who defeated veteran New York lawmaker Eliot Engel in last year's Democratic primary, announced on Twitter...
Governor wants to overhaul citizen arrests after Arbery case
<p>ATLANTA — Georgia's governor is backing a plan to overhaul the state's citizen's arrest law, taking aim at a statute scrutinized last year after...
French Caribbean fights to keep pesticide case alive
<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France but used in the...
Indiana attorney general keeps job with health benefits firm
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's newly elected attorney general says state ethics officials have cleared his ongoing role with a health benefits consulting firm in which...
Freshman US Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s mother dies of COVID-19
<p>YONKERS, N.Y. — Freshman U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who defeated veteran New York lawmaker Eliot Engel in last year's Democratic primary, announced on <a...
Indiana attorney general keeps job with health benefits firm
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's newly elected attorney general says state ethics officials have cleared his ongoing role with a health benefits consulting firm in which...