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The Monroe County Legislature passed a law that will “ban the box” on county employment applications. It’s called the Monroe County Fair Chance Employment Act. The law will ban a question on county job applications that asks if you’ve ever committed a felony or crime. The legislature says it will help the county fill an […]
New York State may make changes to the state liquor laws. Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators created a panel to review the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law to offer suggestions on how to modernize the policies. One recommendation by the board would allow liquor stores to sell alcohol at 10 am on Sundays. Two other […]
There are a few lawmakers in New York State that want to lower the threshold for driving while intoxicated and are pushing for a new bill. In New York the current DWI threshold is a Blood Alcohol Content of 0.08 but some lawmakers want to bring that down to 0.05. The lawmakers in support of […]
A Colombian judge was suspended 3 months after showing up to a virtual court hearing half naked. The appeared on a zoom call for court in her underwear and smoking a cigarette. The zoom video quickly went viral and the judge found herself in hot water and was found to have violate multiple regulations Reports […]
150 years later we are still systemically dealing with slavery. Coming up on the midterm elections there will be five states voting on slavery in the United States. It’s interesting how some people will say that slavery and racism never happened or does not exist event though it is written in the U.S. Constitution. It […]
This story reminds me of the 90’s movie “My Cousin Vinny” A man from Buffalo was sentenced to 5 years probation and pay a fine up $7,800 after posing as a fake lawyer. The man identified as Andrew Schnorr was working for a law firm and representing at 9 clients. The man never finished law […]
A proposed law was introduced to Congress earlier this week that will ban the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court. The bill was introduced by 2 Democratic Congressmen Hank Johnson of Georgia and Jamal Bowman of New York. they’re calling the bill the Restoring Artistic Protection Act also known as (RAP Act). Atlanta […]
Civil rights attorney and long-time WDKX family member Van white was sworn in on Thursday as Rochester City Court judge. Attorney Van White was appointed City Court judge by Rochester Mayor Malik Evans after judge Stephen Miller moved to New York State’s court of claims. Attorney Van White has over 30 years of law experience […]
Rapper Nicki Minaj husband Kenneth Petty has been sentenced to a year of house arrest after failing to register as a sex offender. Kenneth Petty legal problems began back in 1995 after being convicted of attempted rape. Petty got in hot water back in 2019 when he and his wife Nicki Minaj moved to California. […]
A new bill has passed by lawmakers in New York that will affect warehouse productivity in the state. This will also affect the metrics used by Amazon which has come under fire lately for the treatment of its workers. Labor and safety advocates have criticized Amazon for quotas that require workers in warehouses to work […]