The massacres also fuel legislation to loosen gun control in some states June 14, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT A girl stands next to crosses displayed at the memorial outside Robb Elementary School on May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Tex. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post) California Rep. Mike Gipson’s voice cracked […]
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Attorney General Bonta Issues Guidance to Remind Local Officials of Key Legal Protections for Californians with Disabilities | State of California – Department of Justice
Highlights new information and resources available on the DOJ’s website OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued four separate letters to remind local officials across the state of key legal protections under California law meant to uphold the civil rights of people with disabilities. In the letters, the […]
Will it be ‘every state for themselves’ as the federal COVID cash dries up?
WASHINGTON — State and local health departments remain in limbo over whether they’ll need to single-handedly fund their own COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a stalemate in Congress drags into its fourth month. The Biden administration has raised alarm bells about the risk of inaction after sending Congress a request […]
Kansas immigrants say they face ‘unsafe and unwelcome’ state under law banning sanctuary cities
Alejandro Rangel-Lopez says fear is a given in a mixed-status household. Growing up in Dodge City with an undocumented parent, Rangel-Lopez constantly feared his father coming home with news that immigration agents had detained his mother. And he says fear of deportation kept his mother from reporting an abusive ex-husband […]
Idaho Falls senior representing state in national auto competition | Local News
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Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Recognizing Juneteenth as a Legal State Holiday
Press Releases 05/27/2022 Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Recognizing Juneteenth as a Legal State Holiday (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law Public Act 22-128, which establishes a new legal state holiday on June 19 known as Juneteenth Independence Day. Juneteenth, also known […]
State disputes ‘racist motivations’ in immigration law
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office this week asked a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked key parts of a 2019 law that banned so-called sanctuary cities in Florida. A 61-page brief filed at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disputed conclusions last year by U.S. District […]
State asked to reconsider decision to drop out of national youth risk behavior survey
Thirty-eight organizations and 40 individuals have signed onto a letter to Florida Department of Education Interim Commissioner Jacob Oliva expressing concerns over the state’s decision to drop out of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey designed to assess youth risk behavior and to inform public health policies. The […]
State Democrats, abortion-rights activists ‘incredibly frustrated’ with federal inaction
Democratic inaction at the federal level could complicate the party’s efforts to run this fall as champions of reproductive rights, and the internal strife comes at a moment when party strategists are hoping to gin up enthusiasm for congressional candidates. “I’m incredibly frustrated with the Biden administration in particular for […]
Senate bill to update 1960s-era cooperation rules wins support from leading state and local groups
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