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January 29, 2022

US law schools help communities during eviction crisis - JURIST

The White House and the Justice Department announced Friday that 99 law schools across 35 states and Puerto Rico answered the attorney general’s call for action to help communities during the housing and eviction crisis. In August 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a letter to the legal community calling for help. He noted that as federal and local eviction moratoriums were set to ...
January 29, 2022

Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law - Associated Press

1 of 3 FILE workers trim cannibis plants that are close to harvest in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond, Va., Thursday, June 17, 2021. Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don't want to scrap the law, but they do want to make significant changes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber/FILE) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Newly ...
January 29, 2022

Second world war veteran twice denied absentee ballot under Texas voting law - The Guardian

A 95-year-old second world war veteran twice denied an absentee ballot under a restrictive Texas voting law has attracted support from prominent figures including Beto O’Rourke, a voting rights campaigner and former presidential candidate now running for Texas governor. Kenneth Thompson, who served in the US army in Europe, told Click2Houston, a Harris county news outlet, he had voted in ever...
January 29, 2022

Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law - ABC News

RICHMOND, Va. -- Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the law, but they do want to make significant changes. Those changes could include moving up the start date for retail sales and getting rid of a provision that would give licensing preference to people who have been convicted of marijuana crimes...
January 29, 2022

Gantz meeting Abbas defied Israeli law - opinion - The Jerusalem Post

Gantz's 'confidence-building measures' gave the PA complete confidence that they can continue financing Jew-killing despite US and Israeli law. PA PRIME Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh attends a cabinet meeting. When Defense Minister Benny Gantz sat down for coffee in his home a few weeks ago with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, it was not just political theater. Gantz gave sub...
January 29, 2022

Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law - The Seattle Times

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the law, but they do want to make significant changes. Those changes could include moving up the start date for retail sales and getting rid of a provision that would give licensing preference to people who have been convicted of marijuana cr...
January 29, 2022

Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law - WJXT News4JAX

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved FILE workers trim cannibis plants that are close to harvest in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond, Va., Thursday, June 17, 2021. Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don't want to scrap the law, but they do want to make significant changes. (AP ...
January 29, 2022

Law firm investigates Michigan hockey over allegations of COVID deception, toxic environment - MLive.com

Michigan coach Mel Pearson yells out to his team in the third period of their Big Ten hockey game against Michigan State at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Michigan won the game, 4-1. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) Mike Mulholland | MLive.com ANN ARBOR, MI - The University of Michigan ice hockey program is under investigation by the university for, among other al...
January 29, 2022

Former Tennessee Law Enforcement Officer Convicted of Federal Civil Rights Offenses - Department of Justice

Justice News Former law enforcement officer Anthony “Tony” Bean was found guilty by a federal court today of violating two arrestees’ civil rights by using excessive force against them. Tony Bean, 61, was convicted following a trial in Chattanooga for using excessive force against two arrestees while he was a law enforcement officer. Bean was convicted of using excessive force against arreste...
January 29, 2022

Labor Law: Woman truck driver sues Walmart for discrimination over uniform pants claiming they are 'uncomfortable and poorly fitting' for females - Richmond.com

RTD Metro Business law columnist, Karen Michael. A female delivery driver for Walmart filed a federal class action lawsuit against the retail chain claiming that work pants issued to women only fit male drivers. In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Alabama earlier this month, Diana Webb alleges that drivers are required to wear uniforms consisting of pants and a shirt while working on the...