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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that students eligible for free or reduced price school meals cannot be charged processing fees beginning in 2027.  School districts currently work with processing companies to offer cashless payment systems for families. But the companies can charge “processing fees” for each transaction. By law, students who are eligible for […]

In a significant ruling, U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone determined that the Philadelphia Police Department did not violate the First Amendment rights of officers who were fired or disciplined for posting racist, violent, or offensive content on social media. The decision, issued on Monday, came just days before the case was set to go to […]

All nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to uphold a ruling by Pennsylvania’s high court regarding provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots are found to be defective. The order on Friday follows a ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on October 23, which struck down a challenge from the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Butler County […]

An IRS lifestyle audit is an investigation conducted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to examine an individual’s or business’s lifestyle and financial activities to identify potential tax noncompliance. Purpose: The primary goal of a lifestyle audit is to identify discrepancies between reported income and actual lifestyle expenditures, which may indicate unreported income, tax evasion, […]

Fentanyl has been a major factor in the drug crisis in America, and now first responders are going to have more protection against the effects. As of October 1, 2024, Senate Bill 718 makes it a second degree felony to expose first responders to fentanyl. More specifically, the new law states that anyone over the age of […]

In a closely watched decision, the highest court in Massachusetts has rejected the theory that third-party website tracking technology violates G. L. c. 272, § 99, the Massachusetts Wiretap Act. In Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital et al, SJC-13542, plaintiff Kathleen Vita alleged that the websites of two hospital defendants illegally collected information about her browsing […]

Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company’s headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel’s war with Hamas.  The two employees were fired by phone call late Thursday, several hours after a lunchtime event they organized at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington.  Both workers were members of a coalition […]

Five years ago, the Colorado Supreme Court interpreted state law to prohibit judges from imposing a sentence of prison plus probation in a single criminal case. But on Wednesday, the justices appeared to endorse the idea that judges could resentence affected defendants in a fashion that preserves the same — illegal — punishment. In its 2019 decision […]

Over-the-counter “rape kits” are still illegal in Washington after a federal judge upheld the state’s ban on Tuesday, but the company responsible says this isn’t over yet.  Leda Health issued a news release following the U.S. District Court’s decision, noting its intention to appeal the ban at a higher level. The Pennsylvania-based company initially sued the state in […]