We share a NON-POLITICAL primer on the laws governing applications for Asylum in the USA, and discuss changes in the law regarding accommodations to which pregnant workers are now entitled at work; information about a class-action lawsuit affecting payment of servers and waitstaff in Connecticut restaurants; how a North Carolina man got “off the hook” in an animal cruelty criminal prosecution; and a quick walk through the appeals process if the local police chief denies your application for a pistol permit.