08/04/2023
Mary Smith, President-elect of the American Bar Association and Jennifer Bragar, Chair of State and Local Government Law Section at the Native American Tribal Law Networking Reception held by Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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08/04/2023
Mary Smith is president-elect of the American Bar Association and is the first Native American woman in this role. Joined State and Local Government Law Section at the Native American Tribal Law Networking Reception held by Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
07/27/2023
https://newsone.com/4647172/republicans-diversity-teaching-grant-virginia/
Republicans and Glenn Youngkin are making it difficult for Black teachers to gain the necessary licensure to teach in the state of Virginia.
07/27/2023
https://kdvr.com/news/local/colorado-paid-sick-leave-law-reasons/
Colorado lawmakers passed a law this year to expand the reasons employees can use their state-required paid sick leave.
07/27/2023
The Supreme Court this year reaffirmed a federal court order for Alabama to include two districts where Black voters make up voting-age majorities, “or something quite close to it.”
07/27/2023
Some condo owners in Louisville are reeling after their homeowners insurance jumped 700%. And they're not the only ones experiencing sticker shock.
07/27/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/us/florida-black-history-education-standards-reaj
The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who said students should be allowed to learn the “full truth” of American history.
07/27/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/us/nyc-george-floyd-demonstrations-police-settlement
New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the city’s police department of using unlawful tactics against protesters following the death of George Floyd, according to a proposed settlement filed in a Manhattan federal court Wednesday.
07/27/2023
Last year I wrote a magazine story about James Weldon Johnson, one of the most remarkable Florida men ever. He was a Black lawyer, educator, poet, novelist, diplomat, and civil rights activist from Jacksonville. Among other accomplishments, he and his brother wrote what’s been dubbed “the Black ...
07/27/2023
In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law undoing local protections that ensured breaks for laborers who spend their days in scorching heat. The law takes effect Sept. 1.
07/27/2023
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-braxton-black-man-says-he-was-elected-mayor-of-newbern-alabama/
Patrick Braxton said that the "minority White residents ... long accustomed to exercising total control over the government, refused to accept his election as mayor.
07/27/2023
In 1910, about 14 percent of U.S. farmers were Black, owning more than 16 million acres. Now, according to the latest Census of Agriculture, only one in 100 farmers is Black, owning less than 5 million acres. A new documentary explores how this happened, its lasting effect on Black families and thei...
07/27/2023
https://www.theroot.com/missouri-school-district-walks-back-2020-anti-racism-re-1850669697
“I think this is only the beginning for what this new board is set out to do,” said St. Charles County NAACP President Zebrina Looney.
07/27/2023
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/07/25/illinois-instagram-settlement-money
Illinois users will be entitled to payments from a $68.5 million settlement.
07/27/2023
This month, Florida Atlantic University became the latest institution to get dragged into what education advocates call a “real mess” of state interference in higher education. The state’s public universities have weathered profound changes under Gov. Ron DeSantis, from weakening tenure protec...
07/27/2023
https://popular.info/p/alabama-legislators-buck-supreme
In the 1950s and 60s, southern officials — desperate to maintain the racial status quo — regularly ignored court orders affirming the rights of Black Americans. In 1954, for example, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation of public schools was unconstituti...
07/27/2023
Johnston called homelessness "the most significant issue the city faces right now" and "a human rights issue." He said he aims to house 1,000 people by the end of 2023. The declaration will help the city gain access to additional resources.
07/27/2023
https://www.essence.com/news/texas-lawmaker-bill-block-funding-reparations/
The bill, H.R.4321, would prohibit the federal government from providing financial assistance to states, local counties, and municipalities that approve reparations laws.
07/27/2023
https://moneywise.com/insurance/home/bud-light-of-insurance-farmers-leaving-florida-wokeness
'They're good at virtue signaling.'
07/27/2023
From Regenold v. Ohio State Bd. of Ed., decided Friday by Judge James Graham (S.D. Ohio.): Plaintiff Daniel P. Regenold...
07/27/2023
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate met in a special session Monday and overrode GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of two bills to extend existing agreements with Native American tribes for another year. The overrides were the latest development in an ongoing dispute betwe...
07/27/2023
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/18/court-rules-florida-violated-childrens-law/4101689702220/
The State of Florida is violating children's rights by forcing those with serious and often complex medical conditions to be institutionalized in nursing facilities, a court ruled Friday.
07/20/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/business/free-buses-us-public-transit
More major cities in the United States are letting public transit riders hop on board for free.
07/20/2023
The union and two other groups said the state went further than a law about school library books was intended, leading to censorship and book bans.
07/20/2023
More Ohio students who qualify for reduced-priced meals will now be able to eat breakfast and lunch at school, even if their families cannot pay for it, thanks to a provision in the $191 billion, two-year state budget recently approved by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Since March 2020, the U.S. ...
07/20/2023
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/dc-updates-social-studies-standards-to-include-lgbtq-history/
The dramatic updates specifically include LGBTQ+ people and stop whitewashing history...
07/20/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/us/california-homeless-spending
Getting people off the street is a priority for Gov. Gavin Newsom. But even with massive funding and new data on who is homeless and why, the state is struggling to see change.
07/20/2023
https://flipboard.com/video/newyorkpost/3e88a61544
Chicago Suburb Pays Reparations to Black Residents in a 'Test Run for the Whole Country'
07/20/2023
by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch July 9, 2023 Click to read highlights from this story. A proposed pig concentrated animal feeding
07/20/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/farmers-insurance-florida
Farmers Insurance will stop offering its policies in Florida, which includes home, auto and umbrella, in a change that will affect 100,000 people.
07/20/2023
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-la-failed-stop-landlords-turning-low-cost-housing-hotels
Fifteen years ago Los Angeles passed a law to preserve residential hotels as housing of last resort. Now, amid the homelessness crisis, Capital & Main and ProPublica found some hotels may be violating that law by offering rooms to tourists.
07/20/2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/us/gun-safety-red-flag-new-mexico-invs
Vanessa Salgado’s nightmare began on what should have been a regular evening in the spring of last year, while she was waiting for her boyfriend to bring back tacos from a fast-food restaurant.
07/20/2023
Houston lawsuit seeks to halt looming "Death Star" bill as Texans succumb to yet another heat wave
07/20/2023
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the passing of a law could render driver’s licenses and other forms of identification from several states invalid, including Vermont.
07/20/2023
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cherokee-delegate_n_64a88dc2e4b02fb0e6f8b35e
Lawmakers are open to honoring an 1875 treaty, but intertribal disagreement raises the question of who will be represented.
07/20/2023
https://www.mystateline.com/news/new-illinois-law-allows-hotels-to-throw-out-unruly-guests/
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a new law that allows hotels in Illinois to remove unruly guests. The new law lets hotel managers remove customers over troubling behavior or …
07/20/2023
A judge has blocked New York City’s minimum wage law for food delivery workers from going into effect on July 12 after DoorDash and Grubhub filed a lawsuit against the city.
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