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https://www.wcia.com/news/expanded-bereavement-leave-rights-in-illinois-take-effect-on-jan-1/
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Family Bereavement Leave Act will go into effect in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2023, expanding unpaid leave rights for employees across the state. The Family Bereaveme…
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/california-texas-abortion-guns-ruling/index.html
A federal judge has struck down part of a California gun law that was inspired by the novel legal mechanisms pioneered in a Texas 2021 law that allowed private citizens to sue abortion providers.
Gun rights group calls bill unconstitutional, vows lawsuits
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-banned-books-library-granbury-lgbtq
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into the Granbury Independent School District after it banned school library books dealing with sexuality and gender.
New Jersey state legislators hope to pass a bipartisan resolution recognizing January as Muslim Heritage month statewide.
"Plaintiffs simply have not been deprived of a 'chance to be champions,'" the three-judge panel wrote.
A new fossil fuel-sponsored ballot initiative could reverse a major environmental justice victory.
A fight over the proper jurisdiction for a politically charged case involving a “personal gunsmithing” advocacy group’s right to publish instructions for making so-called ghost guns left the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sputtering on Thursday.
UCLA announced over the summer that they would be joining rival USC in moving from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten.
As the school year begins, eight fraternities have cut ties with the University of Southern California over new rules after sexual assault and drugging allegations rocked the school last fall.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/16/take-a-look-inside-abandoned-high-school-apartment-building.html
Jesse Wig, Adam Colucci, and Dan Spanovich purchased an abandoned high school for $100,000 and spent over $2 million to turn it into an apartment building.
The new transit tax increment financing district will fund about one-fourth of the cost of extending the CTA Red Line to 130th Street.
An Oregon judge has handed guns rights advocates a victory and placed a new, voter-approved ban on high-capacity magazines on hold until questions about its constitutionality can be decided.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/17/us/el-paso-mayor-state-of-emergency-migrant-surge/index.html
El Paso, Texas, Mayor Oscar Leeser declared a state of emergency on Saturday evening following a surge of migrants who have recently arrived in the community and he says are living in unsafe conditions.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-secession-san-bernardino-county-study/
An advisory ballot proposal OK'd by voters in San Bernardino County directs local officials to study the possibility. The county has more land than 9 states, and 2.2 million people.
https://flipboard.com/video/ksaz/c60857afb6
The plan, which calls for transforming dozens of shipping containers into living homes for couples and families, was approved by members of the Phoenix City Council on Dec. 15. FOX 10's Stephanie Bennett reports.
Chicago’s 30-year quest for a casino is now in the hands of the Illinois Gaming Board.
PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. government sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state Wednesday over the placement of shipping containers as a barrier on the border with Mexico, saying it is trespassing on federal lands.
As the eighth most populous county in the state, Madison would be the largest with a secession referendum on the ballot. Illinoisans who want to secede see the Metro East county as a tipping point for their movement to break free from Chicago’s political influence.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/politics/rudy-giuliani-ethics-hearing/index.html
False election fraud claims that Rudy Giuliani made when he was representing former President Donald Trump's campaign in 2020 should make the former New York mayor liable for professional sanctions, an attorney disciplinary committee said Thursday.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/01/1139949450/tribes-climate-change-relocation-department-of-interior
The Biden administration gave $75 million in aid to the three communities in Alaska and Washington. Eight other Tribal communities received an additional $40 million.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/17/1142675809/cleanup-for-keystone-pipeline-oil-spill-kansas
The cause for the spill is still unclear. What's known is the type of oil that was piped: tar sands oil, also called diluted bitumen. It's a lot harder to clean up than conventional oil.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/us/california-carbon-neutrality-plan-2045/index.html
California's air regulators approved an aggressive plan Thursday for the state to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 -- in line with legislation signed by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this year.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California provides water to 26 agencies that supply major population centers such as Los Angeles and San Diego counties.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/14/lubbock-schools-racism-antisemitism/
School leaders have said they don’t tolerate racism and that they regularly train teachers how to deal with bullying. But parents say inaction by officials tells a different story.
https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school
An Illinois school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline, resulting in the highest arrest rate of any district in the country. In one recent year, half of Garrison School students were arrested.
The cemetery’s disappearance cleared the way for the expansion of a Microsoft data center, despite layers of federal and state regulations nominally intended to protect culturally significant sites.
Both cases were decided 4-3 along party lines, with all the high court’s Democratic justices voting in the majority and all Republicans dissenting.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-status-act-house-vote-territory-plebiscite-rcna61871
The Puerto Rico Status Act awaits a bleak fate in the Senate with the congressional session ending Friday, meaning the process to make it into law will restart next year with a new Congress.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/us/native-american-sacred-land-race-deconstructed-reaj/index.html
"We're arguing that our religion is just as important as other religions," one Apache activist says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63966079
A programme in California hopes to give back to communities targeted by the War on Drugs.
https://boingboing.net/2022/12/15/racism-and-white-supremacy-in-1930s-technicolor.html
“But then you find the maps”, such as this one of the Chicago Metropolitan Area in 1940. This is how Robert Gioielli describes the insight and specificity of the maps highlighted in the post, “The …
John Thuet had alleged he was defamed, deprived of due process and suffered emotional distress when he was fired in early 2020.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced she is commuting the sentences of all of the state's 17 inmates awaiting ex*****on.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/breonna-taylors-boyfriend-settles-lawsuits-shooting-95095739
Breonna Taylor's boyfriend has settled two lawsuits against the city of Louisville
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/supreme-court-historian-gun-ruling/index.html
The Department of Justice is advising a federal judge in Mississippi that he does not need to hire a historian to determine whether a contested gun law complies with the Supreme Court's most recent Second Amendment opinion.
CHICAGO — In neighborhoods across Chicago, residents can no longer listen to police scanners to find real-time information about public emergencies and crime. That is because the city of Chicago is…
A landmark new study in the Lancet journal argues that racism should be seen as a public health threat worldwide. Here's why.
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A short sample of Professor Steele's 1-hour talk on "Title IX Update" for our Section's Diversity Law CLE program, at the ABA Midyear in Vancouver, BC. This is Professor Steele discussing the differences between on-campus and off-campus conduct under the old and new admin rules. For more like this, come join us in the Section. We have a year-long slate of in-person and web-based CLE programs on a huge range of topics.
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