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By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press | February 2, 2018
A Florida lawmaker who opposes a bill to ban child marriage said the current law allowing child rapists to marry girls they impregnate is well-crafted.Republican…
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By Michael Booth | February 2, 2018
"We fully understand the economic realities our state faces," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote in a letter dated Wednesday to the Legislature. "At the same time, the fact remains that New Jersey judges have not received any pay increase for all of nine years."
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By Editorial Board | February 2, 2018
Last year saw the most mass killings in the United States since USA Today began tracking them in 2006.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | February 2, 2018
A U.S. Senate bill backed by conservative Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas and liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, aimed at curbing forum-shopping in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, has sparked stiff opposition from Delaware's elected officials and reignited a battle that has roiled policymakers and the bankruptcy bar for decades.
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By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida | February 1, 2018
Florida health officials have blamed delays in issuing new medical marijuana licenses on a court fight about a law requiring one of the coveted licenses to go to a black farmer who meets certain criteria.
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By David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins | February 1, 2018
Labor Relations columnists David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins write: On Jan. 5, 2018, the DOL announced it would replace its six-part test for determining when an intern is entitled to minimum wages and overtime pay as an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The DOL's new test allows courts to examine the economic realities of the intern-employer relationship to determine which party is the “primary beneficiary” of the relationship.
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By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida | February 1, 2018
Voter-approved money for land and water conservation continues to be carved up by the Senate, while the House is on a different path.
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By Lloyd Dunkelberger, News Service of Florida | January 31, 2018
The state would take over regulation of vacation rental properties while local regulations passed since 2011 would be nullified, under a bill approved by a Senate committee.
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By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida | January 31, 2018
A controversial measure that would ban “sanctuary cities” in Florida stalled in the Senate but is already playing a role in the 2018 gubernatorial campaign.
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By Tony Mauro | January 30, 2018
President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday night that he has appointed “more circuit judges than any new administration in the history of our country” and called Neil Gorsuch “a great new Supreme Court justice."
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