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Observer: BUMN Omnibus Law can improve the performance of BUMN companies

  • September 2, 2024
With regulations that are more succinct but denser in content, the compliance side of SOEs can be increased. This means that the monitoring function can be carried out more easily. With this situation, it is hoped that the performance of SOEs can increase Jakarta (ANTARA) – BUMN observer from the University of Indonesia, Toto Pranoto, revealed that the BUMN Omnibus Law can improve the performance of BUMN companies. “With rules that are more succinct but dense in content, then Sisi compliance SOEs can be increased. This means that the monitoring function can be carried out more easily. With this situation,…
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NBC News reports federal law enforcement ‘could have prevented’ Jan. 6 riot: ‘Did not act on intelligence’

  • August 24, 2024
NBC Nightly News’ Lester Holt introduced a segment Tuesday that detailed federal law enforcement agencies’ failures in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. In the segment, NBC News echoed the criticisms and concerns that conservatives have expressed since the attack occurred. “Now to our NBC News exclusive. The January 6 Committee’s final report was more than 800 pages. But some material did not make the cut, including much of its findings on the failures of federal law enforcement leading up to the attack,” Holt said. “The images of the attack on the Capitol stunned America and the world.…
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Casey’s Law training in Georgetown

  • July 7, 2023
GEORGETOWN, Ky (WTVQ) — The Georgetown Police Department hosted training for Casey’s Law on Thursday at the Scott County Public Library. The event begins at 5:30 pm and lasts until… Casey’s Law is a legal proceeding which results in a court order for involuntary treatment for addiction. The law was started by Casey’s mother, Charlotte Wethington, after losing her son to an overdose on August 19, 2002. He was 23 years old. GPD shared information about the disease of addiction, how to go through the process of filing the petition and ended with a Narcan distribution. Corey Councill, the Recovery…
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Bodies of 2 Innu babies to be exhumed in the first for Quebec’s new law

  • June 22, 2023
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The bodies of two Innu infants who died of whooping cough in a hospital in Baie-Comeau in 1970 are going to be exhumed, a first for Quebec’s new law designed to help Indigenous families get answers about children who died alone in clinics or hospitals. “It’s quite incredible to believe that some families have been looking for answers for more than 40 years,” Ian Lafrenière, the CAQ minister responsible for relations with First Nations and Inuit, told CBC in an interview Thursday. I feel so guilty for leaving my child. I experienced shame, guilt…
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Opinions | Supreme Court decision on voting rights shouldn’t be so surprising

  • June 16, 2023
Comment on this storyComments Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. followed precedent. He bristled at overreach by conservative lawyers. And joined by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, Roberts did something hardly anyone anticipates: He saved what remains of the Voting Rights Act, a law he has worked throughout his career to hobble, from his service as a young lawyer in the Reagan administration to his tenure on the high court. This Supreme Court is among the most conservative in the history of the institution, with five justices (and sometimes six) eager to undo what they view as past liberal excesses and…
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Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says

  • June 10, 2023
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN World PMN Politics PMN News Author of the article: The Associated Press Emily Waster Pettus Published June 02, 2023 • 3 minute read FILE – Absentee ballots waiting to be processed at the Lee County Circuit Clerk’s Office in Tupelo, Miss., on Nov. 3, 2020. A lawsuit filed Wednesday, May 31, 2023, seeks to block a Mississippi law that will put new restrictions on who can gather other people’s absentee ballots. The law is set to take effect July 1, and the lawsuit argues that it could disfranchise voters with disabilities by preventing them from receiving…
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The government wants to toss ‘junk fees’ in the garbage

  • May 16, 2023
Consumer advocates in both Canada and the United States are welcoming recent announcements to crack down on the hidden and unexpected charges on purchases that Canadians often pay, but they also say authorities must enforce existing rules for there to be a difference. Following the footsteps of American lawmakers, the federal Liberals announced that they would be taking a look at the additional fees that are often paired with purchases of items such as concert or event tickets. In the federal budget released in late March, a small note referring to “junk fees” said the government plans to work to…
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Law enforcement asked us for Fox evidence

  • April 23, 2023
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Trump’s legal nightmare gets worse: Top adviser grilled on Jan. 6 plots 11:05 New pressure on criminal defendant Trump: DOJ special counsel puts heat on coup plot 04:16 Hear Ted Cruz caught on tape owning himself and Trump 05:55 Now Playing Fox News Whistleblower’s lawyer: Law enforcement asked us for Fox evidence 08:50 UP NEXT Dominion lawyer who won $787 million settlement on ‘The Beat’ 07:59 Fox News surrender: $700M+ payout for ‘lies’ breaks records 11:40 Murdoch caves: Fox News paying $787.5 million amid damaging…