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(The Center Square) – A three-judge panel appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court will determine whether four lawsuits challenging new firearm restrictions should be consolidated as plaintiffs continue seeking court action before the law takes effect July 1. The panel was appointed June 3 to consider whether lawsuits filed in Lancaster, Washington, Spotsylvania and Fauquier counties should proceed separately or be combined and potentially transferred to a single court. The order, signed by Chief Justice Cleo E. Powell, appointed Judges Richard S. Wallerstein Jr., J. William Watson Jr. and Helivi L. Holland to serve on the panel. One of those cases, Crump v. Katz, was filed in Lancaster County by Gun Owners of America, the Gun Owners Foundation, the Virginia Citizens Defense League, the Virginia Citizens Defense Foundation and individual plaintiff John Crump. The defendant is Virginia State Police Superintendent Col. Jeffrey S. Katz. According to a stay order signed Tuesday by Lancaster County Circuit Court Judge John S. Martin, further proceedings in the case are paused pending a decision by the three-judge panel. Plaintiffs filed an emergency motion asking the court to reinstate a temporary injunction hearing before the law takes effect July 1. The motion states a hearing had been scheduled for Friday before being removed from the court’s docket after the stay order was entered. The lawsuits challenge Senate Bill 749 scheduled to take effect July 1. The measure prohibits the purchase, sale, transfer, importation and manufacture of certain firearms and ammunition feeding devices as defined in the law. In their emergency motion, plaintiffs argued the court should act before the law takes effect and noted that multiple Virginia commonwealth’s attorneys have publicly questioned or declined enforcement of the measure. “Due to the impending date of July 1, when irreparable harm will be done to a constitutional right, we have filed a motion for the judge in Lancaster County to reconsider and move forward with the temporary injunction hearing,” Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, told The Center Square in reference to the right to keep and bear arms. “We have not yet heard back from the judge.” The panel’s review does not address the merits of the lawsuits. Instead, it will determine how the related cases should proceed as legal challenges continue ahead of the law’s effective date. The Center Square was unsuccessful prior to publication of getting comment from Attorney General Jay Jones.

TOPEKA — The fate of the No Labels Kansas political party will be decided at a Friday meeting after a district court judge refused to intervene in a state official’s decision to dissolve the party. Kris Van Meteren, owner of the Singularis Group marketing firm, and David Miller, a former Republican representative and chair of […]

The Select Board also accepted an $88,552 bid for two 2026 police SUVs and reviewed the department’s staffing.

دفتر نخست وزیر اسرائيل، بنیامین نتانیاهو،‌ عصر پنج‌شنبه ۲۱ خرداد اعلام کرد که دونالد ترامپ رئیس جمهوری آمریکا، عصر همین روز با آقای نتانیاهو در مورد «تفاهم‌نامه در حال شکل‌گیری» با جمهوری اسلامی ایران «برای ورود به مذاکرات» صحبت کرد.

Падзеі 12 чэрвеня ў Беларусі, сьвеце, гісторыі.

The Montana-based group promoting a ballot initiative that would make campaign finance more transparent obscures its own funding with a murky fundraising structure, according to publicly available campaign finance filings reviewed by Montana Free Press. The post How unidentifiable donors are funding Montana’s anti-dark money initiative  appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Nearly 1,000 days since the North Carolina legislature passed its last budget, state Senate Democratic leaders gathered to express frustration Thursday morning that the body is still failing to fulfill its most fundamental function. Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch (D-Wake), Sen. Lisa Grafstein (D-Wake), and Sen. Michael Garrett (D-Guilford) spoke about how the legislature’s failure […]

En Côte d'Ivoire, alors que le district autonome d'Abidjan procède à des séries de démolitions de quartiers précaires ces derniers jours à cause de la saison des pluies, un scandale fait surface : plusieurs dizaines d'hectares du quartier Campement, dans la commune de Koumassi ont été détruits sur l'ordre d'un certain Jacques Brou. Problème : selon le procureur de la République, cet homme n'avait pas les autorisations. Une enquête a été ouverte.

On June 3, The Beacon gathered community members at the Mid-Continent Public Library’s Blue Ridge Branch in south Kansas City for a conversation about one of the most important civic documents shaping life in our region: the Kansas City budget. Budgets can be overwhelming. They’re often hundreds of pages long, packed with technical language and […] The post Event recap: Understanding the Kansas City budget process appeared first on The Beacon.

A governadora em exercício do Distrito Federal, Celina Leão (PP), enviou à Câmara Legislativa um projeto de lei que cria uma política de acolhimento para pessoas em situação de rua com transtornos mentais e dependência química que prevê, em casos excepcionais, a possibilidade de internação involuntária. Segundo o governo, a medida poderá ser adotada em […] Fonte

A federal grand jury issued a subpoena demanding documents related to former Mayor Erin Stewart’s alleged misuse of city funds.

An essay by Sheree Crute on finding solace and even joy in these dark times.

A agenda cultural começa com teatro popular e comunitário na escola Infante Dom Henrique e segue com recital musical intimista, reestreia de comédia transformista, a tradicional festa junina do Vila Flores com transmissão da estreia do Brasil na Copa, debate sobre retomada de territórios indígenas no Morro Santana, abertura de exposição com obras de Tarsila […] Fonte

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Las protestas frente a un centro de detención en Nueva Jersey terminan con restricciones de movilidad que reabren el debate sobre el impacto social de las políticas migratorias en Estados Unidos.

El cara a cara entre Keiko Fujimori y Roberto Sánchez llega en un clima de fuerte división política y podría influir tanto en los indecisos como en la percepción de legitimidad del próximo Gobierno.

North Dakota Ethics Commission Acting Chair Ron Goodman will retire from the board upon the appointment of a replacement, the commission announced Thursday. “It has been a privilege to contribute to the work we do,” Goodman said in an announcement from the Ethics Commission. Goodman, a former state district court and county judge, is the […]

Командир 5-й отдельной мотострелковой бригады (бывший батальон «Оплот») полковник Рамиль Фасхутдинов получил звание Героя России, сообщило Минобороны.

El presidente colombiano rechaza el preconteo de la primera vuelta presidencial y sitúa la confianza en las instituciones electorales en el centro de una campaña ya marcada por la polarización.

El CEO de Elevam ha desarrollado una suite propia, financiada sin capital externo, para competir en el nuevo terreno del posicionamiento digital: Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity y Google AI.