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Volume XXIII No. 38 - December 14 2015
Volume XXIII No. 42 - February 1 2016
Volume XXVI No. 14 - May 14 2018
Volume XXVI No. 15 - May 21 2018
Volume XXVI No. 9 - April 2 2018
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Blog Post:
Potpourri - December 14 2015
Mary Peck
The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to an ILLINOIS city’s ban on semiautomatic, high-capacity assault weapons. The city, Highland Park, is a suburb of Chicago. Seven states — MARYLAND, CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, HAWAII, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW JERSEY and NEW YORK — have similar...
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11 Dec 2015
Blog Post:
Crime & Punishment - February 1 2016
Mary Peck
Crime & Punishment in LA & PA The Supreme Court of the United States rules that people sentenced to life in prison as juveniles should be allowed to petition for a review of their sentence in order to seek parole. The High Court ruled that its own 2012 decision barring juveniles from receiving...
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29 Jan 2016
Blog Post:
Social Policy - April 2 2018
Mary Peck
MS Federal Court Blocks HS 1510 A federal court temporarily blocks HB 1510 , a bill signed into law by MISSISSIPPPI Gov. Phil Bryant (R) that would bar Magnolia State doctors from performing abortions after a woman’s 15 th week of pregnancy. U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves upheld a...
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30 Mar 2018
Blog Post:
Education - May 14 2018
Mary Peck
Going On In MA The MASSACHUSETTS Supreme Judicial Court rules that professors and staff at Bay State colleges can be sued for failing to act after learning a student was considering suicide. The decision came in a suit over the death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student in 2009. The...
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11 May 2018
Blog Post:
Health & Science - May 21 2018
Mary Peck
MA House Approves HB 4486 The MASSACHUSETTS House approves HB 4486 , legislation that would raise the Bay State smoking age to 21. It is now in the Senate (BOSTON GLOBE). IA Governor Signs HF 2377 IOWA Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signs HF 2377 , a comprehensive opioid management bill that, among several...
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18 May 2018