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Mar 12 2024
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Plan to tax University of Delaware per student remains stalled
Newark, DE looks to university for more money A Delaware college town is pushing for a per student tax to alleviate its budget woes. But the proposal remains stalled a month after the resolution passed the Newark City Council. The resolution asks the state to amend the city charter to allow it to tax the University of Delaware $50 per student on its nearly 24,000 enrollees. It would bring in
The College Fix
Mar 05 2024
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Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Act ruled unconstitutional by circuit court for violating free speech
Florida’s “Stop WOKE” Act was ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. appeals court Tuesday for being in violation of the First Amendment.
The Stop the Wrong to Our Kids and Employees Act, or the Stop WOKE Act, banned workplaces from requiring mandatory diversity training. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld a lower Florida court’s ruling that the law was unconstitutional
Washington Examiner
Mar 16 2024
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55 pieces of evidence missing after NOPD officer commits malfeasance, internal investigation says
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick launched a viral New Orleans mascot after she alleged vermin had overrun the evidence room and eaten the marijuana held there. But the department's evidence woes extend beyond stoned rats. At least 55 pieces of evidence are missing from NOPD's Central Evidence & Processing department, according to documents obtained by
The Times-Picayune
Mar 12 2024
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St. Croix County Board pauses refugee resettlement
HUDSON, Wis. ? St. Croix County elected officials on Tuesday voted 15-4 to pause refugee resettlement, following months of controversy over plans by nonprofit World Relief to bring 75 refugees into the Chippewa Valley this year. The Board of Supervisors approved a last-minute amendment to review the pause in May 2026. "We have so many people that are struggling to make ends meet ? we don't
Star Tribune
Mar 12 2024
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Marijuana advertising bill moves forward
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho House has voted to approve House Bill 613.
It would ban commercial advertising of marijuana in the State of Idaho.
Marijuana has been legalized in some form in most of Idaho's neighboring states.
It has been advertised on Idaho roadside billboards by Oregon and Washington dispensaries.
Lawmakers say the bill is constitutional because
KIFI News 8
Mar 12 2024
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Rumford fire chief plans to install state's first 'baby box' in new firehouse
A 2021 amendment to Maine's "safe haven" law allows parents to surrender newborns anonymously through a specially-designed box at certain buildings. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video Across town at the construction site, the bays are much larger. There are bedrooms galore, and near what will be the front of the building, Reed was
News Center Maine
Mar 12 2024
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Senator unveils $165M upgrade of juvenile detention system, including Louisville expansion
After an audit released in late January offered a closer look at issues plaguing Kentucky's Department of Juvenile Justice, state Sen. Danny Carroll told the chamber to expect a bill soon aimed at addressing those problems. Carroll, a Benton Republican and chair of the Senate Families and Children Committee, unveiled that legislation Tuesday morning. The amended Senate Bill 242 puts millions
The Courier-Journal
Mar 15 2024
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Check your registration
The ordinance passed last October allows for the city's parking department to issue $35 tickets if your car registration has expired by more than two months. In most municipalities, only police can issue a ticket if you're caught driving with an expired registration. However, after Portland City Councilors passed an ordinance last October amending parking regulations, the city's parking
News Center Maine
Mar 12 2024
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Biden stops taking NH for granite
ALL TOGETHER NOW — Democrats are showing they can come together when it counts. Joe Biden and New Hampshire Democrats who spent more than a year feuding over the state’s place in the primary lineup made public amends on Monday, when top Democrats appeared alongside the president for his first visit to the Granite State in nearly two years. Biden lavished praise upon members of the state’s all-
Politico
Mar 12 2024
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Delaware attorneys defend assault weapons, high-capacity magazine bans in federal court
• Attorneys were in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to give oral arguments on Delaware's assault weapons and high-capacity magazine bans. • Gun rights groups in 2022 filed a lawsuit over the bans, arguing that they violate citizens' Second Amendment rights. • A federal court denied the gun rights advocate's request for a preliminary injunction in March 2023, and appealed that ruling
Delaware Online