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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is tightening the leash on the artificial intelligence sector, despite threats of legal challenges from the industry and a lack of support from the federal government.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) – Bayer is settling a lawsuit that alleged it misled customers into thinking One A Day multivitamins promote healthy sperm.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — A group of Pro-Palestinian protesters is suing Columbia University, claiming the elite school "unlawfully imprisoned" and "assaulted" students during anti-Israel demonstrations last year.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling blocking an attempt to cut funding for the Gateway tunnel and other infrastructure projects in the New York and New Jersey region.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — A coalition of business groups is calling on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to add his weight to a push for state reforms to a law critics say has fueled a wave of bogus litigation.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 24 involving a bond request from Paramount Skydance amid its legal battles over a proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery that could put state governments on the hook for nearly $2 billion.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Two of New York's most vulnerable House lawmakers have filed a bipartisan bill that would ban mid-decade congressional redistricting in response to a nationwide partisan battle over political maps.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Teachers' unions want New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to walk back plans to join the Trump administration's “school choice” program, claiming that it would divert students and money from public schools.
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(The Center Square) — New York sheriffs are asking a federal judge to block a ban on agreements with ICE to enforce immigration law while a legal challenge over the new state law plays out in court.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Five men were indicted in New York for their alleged role in an international assassination plot involving leaders of the Russian Federation intelligence service (RIS), the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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