California has been in lock-down mode for a few months now due to the coronavirus pandemic, and we’re all waiting rather patiently for the day to come when small businesses and public facilities will begin to reopen. We find ourselves looking for guidance from state and federal legislators, medical health professionals, religious institutions, and news…
COVID-19 has sprung up like a vicious weed garden, leaving the nation and the world dumbstruck and in a panic. As the pandemic continues, businesses everywhere are doing their part to combat the insidious and exponential spread of the virus, inciting different methods and going to various extremes to restrain its movement and aid in…
“This is a time for urgent bipartisan action, and in this case, I do not believe we should let perfection be the enemy of something that will help even a subset of workers.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s urgent message propels the newest relief bill past opposition in the Senate, as it awaits President Trump’s…
As the imminent threat of coronavirus continues to affect the nation, lawmakers in Congress are moving even faster to pass legislation that allows for economic relief for Americans. The reason? Lawmakers themselves are beginning to test positive for COVID-19. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart and Ben McAdams reported on Wednesday evening that they had both tested positive…
COVID-19 has drastically changed our lives in a remarkably short amount of time. Hope, for many, has become a bitter ideal and something just beyond reach, as we see millions of people across the nation being affected by the rippling changes of this virus. Although the great majority of citizens have been lending an inspirational…
March 8 2018 Emery and Sydni had been waiting for years to adopt their 2-year-old daughter but didn’t know if that day would ever happen. Paperwork glitches delayed the adoption further. But once everything was in place, the ceremony itself was over in less than 20 minutes. The couple never planned to adopt. When they…
May 20, 2017 On April 4, 2017, eight judges on a Chicago appellate court ruled to protect LGBT employees from discrimination in the workplace under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, making this the first decision of its kind. An Indiana federal district court will rehear the case. According to Gregory Nevins, a lawyer from the…
December 20, 2016 Mere days before a scheduled workers’ compensation price increase, a Florida judge halted the increase because of reported legal violations. Another state agency vowed to appeal. Earlier in 2016, the state determined that some parts of Florida’s workers’ compensation laws were unconstitutional. The National Council on Compensation Insurance, which handles rates proposals,…
March 18, 2016 The prison break was deceptively simple in its execution yet breathtaking in its result. Three prisoners housed in a maximum-security jail in Santa Ana, CA, Hossein Nayeri, Janathan Tieu and Bac Duong, made their way through plumbing tunnels and air vents to freedom at 5 a.m. on January 22nd. What ensued was…
December 21, 2015 14 dead and 17 wounded in a mass shooting at a holiday party in San Bernardino. More alarming than the butcher’s bill, though, is the indifference with which the American people greeted the news. While active shooters were still at large, while dead bodies were still warm in the conference room, it…