Law

NY Top Court Set to Weigh In on 'Extraordinary Circumstance' Exceptions in Raise-the-Age Cases

When Albany lawmakers crafted New York's Raise the Age law in 2017, they didn't define "extraordinary circumstances," a point of contention in Wednesday's New York Court of Appeals case, People v.
Journal-Courier

Illinois raising minimum age for jailing children, with some exceptions

Juvenile justice advocates in Illinois are praising the state’s decision to raise the minimum age for juvenile detention. A new law aims to reform juvenile justice practices across the state by ...
Journal

Dist. 64 Proposes Raising Tax Levy As Bond Levy Comes In Below Projections

Park Ridge-Niles School Disttrict 64 Logo as of 2025 (provided by Dist. 64) The Park Ridge-Niles School Dist. 64 Board of Education is poised to approve a 3.78% tax levy increase in December. The ...
Wall Street Journal

Venture Firms Are Struggling to Raise Capital These Days. Here’s One Exception.

Venture firms trying to raise new funds have had a tough year and are on track for their lowest fundraising total since 2018. At least one firm appears to be bucking the trend, potentially thanks to ...
WSFA

Alabama law raising medical consent age goes into effect

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - New laws took effect in Alabama at the start of the month and last session’s Senate Bill 101 is among them. One raised the medical age of consent from age 14 to 16, which ...
IEEE

Exceptional Behaviors: How Frequently Are They Tested?

Abstract: Exceptions allow developers to handle error cases expected to occur infrequently. Ideally, good test suites should test both normal and exceptional ...
wtaj

Bolivia Passes Bill To End Child Marriage, Raising the Age of Marriage to 18 Without Exceptions

BOLIVIA, September 18, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Bolivia has become the latest country in Latin America and the Caribbean to approve a law setting the minimum age of ...
The Oakland Press

Democrats stake out opposition to spending bill, raising threat of a shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders lashed out Tuesday at a short-term spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month, warning Republicans they will not support a ...
sec-ed

Ofsted is not the answer to ‘raising standards’ and never can be

School standards won’t improve just because Ofsted has come up with another set of adjectives. Pepe Di’Iasio says that Ofsted is not and can never be the answer to ‘raising standards’ and the ...
NBC News

De minimis exemption ends for low-value packages shipped to the U.S.: What you need to know

The de minimis exemption for low-value packages sent to the United States ended Friday, wreaking havoc on international shipping as mail companies, businesses and consumers try to navigate the new ...
Wall Street Journal

Raising Five Kids on One Modest Income

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