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Nov 11 2023
News
Classes on celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rick Ross are engaging a new generation of law students
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A South Dakota law professor typically teaches about dense topics like torts and natural resources. But next semester, he and his fearless students are shaking things up by turning their attention to Taylor Swift. Sean Kammer wanted his legal writing course to draw on music and art to help his students
Big Rapids Pioneer
Nov 11 2023
News
Classes on celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rick Ross are engaging a new generation of law students
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A South Dakota law professor typically teaches about dense topics like torts and natural resources. But next semester, he and his fearless students are shaking things up by turning their attention to Taylor Swift. Sean Kammer wanted his legal writing course to draw on music and art to help his students reconsider legal language and craft persuasive arguments. The self-
The Seattle Times
Nov 11 2023
News
Classes on celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rick Ross are engaging a new generation of law students
FILE - Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” in Nashville, Tenn., May 5, 2023. Sean Kammer, a South Dakota law professor who typically teaches torts and natural resources, is turning his attention to Taylor Swift next semester. The self-described “Swiftie” wants to draw on music and art to help his students reconsider legal language and craft persuasive arguments. (AP Photo/George
San Diego Union-Tribune
Feb 22 2024
News
Coast Guard launches traffic control — for whales in Puget Sound
Joe Gaydos remembers the beautiful minke whale that washed up on the shore of a San Juan Island in 2022. Illuminated by a pink and orange sunrise, its injuries were consistent with a fatal strike. “It was very clear that that whale was T-boned by the bow of a ship,” said Gaydos, science director for the SeaDoc Society, a science and education nonprofit based on Orcas Island. “It just broke my
The Seattle Times
Oct 16 2023
News
Montana's Drag Show Ban Still Blocked in New Court Ruling
A federal judge on Friday extended his stay on Montana’s controversial ban on drag queen story hours in schools and libraries. H.B. 359 was passed earlier this year and bans minors from attending all drag performances. The law was challenged in court by a collection of performers, activists, and businesses who claimed they had been harmed by the ban, which they believe is unconstitutional. U.S
Advocate
Sep 06 2023
News
New Jersey gets $425M in federal transit funds for train and bus projects
LONG BRANCH, N.J. — New Jersey is getting an additional $425 million in transportation funds from the federal government, and plans to use it on projects including rail and bus facility upgrades. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday that the Federal Highway Administration has approved the funding for New Jersey. The money will be divided between NJ Transit and the state Department of
Newsday
Feb 24 2023
Opinion
Fifteen-minute cities are suffering their 15 minutes of fame
When people drop the inverted commas from an awkward idea, something has changed. Witness the 15-minute city, which for years was known as “the 15-minute city”, because no one really understood what it meant. Suddenly, everyone from rule-making guru Jordan Peterson to Conservative MP Nick Fletcher seems affronted by their varying understandings of what low-traffic, liveable city neighbourhoods
Financial Times
Sep 19 2023
News
'Housing for Impact': Utah partnership promises 850 affordable housing units in 7 new projects
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox may sleep a little sounder tonight after Ivory Innovations and Call to Action Foundation revealed a partnership that will bring 850 affordable housing units across the state in the next three years. "I get asked routinely. What are the things that worry me the most about the state of Utah? What are the things that keep me up at night?" said Cox at a kick-
KSL
Oct 25 2023
News
Australian hydrogen company outlines US expansion in New Mexico, touts research
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An Australia-based company plans to build a campus in New Mexico to expand its research into hydrogen fuel as a heat source for industry, touting a proprietary chemical process without greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen-technology research and developer Star Scientific Limited, which has around 20 employees, signed a letter of intent with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham while
Stamford Advocate
Oct 25 2023
News
Australian hydrogen company outlines US expansion in New Mexico, touts research
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An Australia-based company plans to build a campus in New Mexico to expand its research into hydrogen fuel as a heat source for industry, touting a proprietary chemical process without greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen-technology research and developer Star Scientific Limited, which has around 20 employees, signed a letter of intent with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham while
Waco Tribune-Herald