Policies & Impacts

Justices cite their recent Fischer v. United States ruling that a financial law does not apply in an obstruction of official proceedings case.

Gov. Jim Justice is vying for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Joe Manchin.

New measures target flooding, storms, and extreme heat.

The new law was named in honor of Marie Varsos and her mother Debbie Sisco, who were fatally shot by Ms. Varsos’s estranged husband in April 2021.

The judge issued a limited relief to the state of Texas as an employer.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented, saying current federal law gives social media platforms ‘a get-out-of-jail free card.’

Justice Clarence Thomas said he hoped the court would consider what kinds of weapons are constitutional.

Gun retailers have until May 2025 to integrate the tracking codes into their sales systems.

A 2023 law made it illegal to impose surcharges on concert ticket prices, hotel rooms, or the now-exempt restaurant bills.

The judge said the decision to halt approvals appeared to be ‘completely without reason or logic.’

A Washington County election policy change caused 259 voters to be disenfranchised in the 2024 primary election, the complaint alleges.

The new increase was made ‘based on the methodology used by the prior administration in the 2019 overtime rule update.’

Schools and libraries would lend out Wi-Fi hot spots to users who don’t have internet access at home.

A North Dakota truck stop argued that a six-year limit on filing suit against a regulation was unfair because it opened after that period had elapsed.

An unlocking requirement disincentivizes carriers from offering ‘deeply discounted’ phones, Verizon warned.

Bipartisan Fix Our Forest Act sponsors urge swift adoption of measure designed to be implemented immediately to begin thinning at-risk forests.

Changes to the 2004 worker-protection law offer businesses incentives to comply.

If the trend continues, a record level of more than 17,000 criminals will have been caught crossing the border illegally this fiscal year ending Sept. 30.

The ruling will make it more difficult to prosecute people involved in the U.S. Capitol security breach and some charges will be dropped.

Business groups say the $20 minimum wage, which began April 1, will hurt the industry eventually. The data don’t show whether workers’ hours are being cut.