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December 16, 2021

Law School Enrollment Is Way Up, So Let's Hope The Job Market Stays Hot - Above the Law

Let us ALL into law school! (Image via Getty) I talked to a score of deans this summer, and not a single person thought it would be this high. Twelve percent is a huge number. You almost never see that. Right now, the market is hot, but if the pendulum swings back and hiring slows down, this is going to be devastating in three years. — Law school admissions consultant Mike Spivey, commenting ...
December 16, 2021

Hoboken campaign finance union contribution law passes in surprise revote at council meeting - NJ.com

A Hoboken voting booth in 2019. The City Council voted to update the city's campaign finance laws Wednesday. Hoboken modified its campaign finance rules Wednesday in a dramatic vote after residents spoke against the ordinance and it initially failed, with one councilmember who first abstained changing her vote to help the ordinance pass. Critics have slammed the legislation, which would exemp...
December 16, 2021

NBC finally convinced Sam Waterston to return for its new Law & Order revival - The A.V. Club

Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for AFI It must be nice to be an actor in demand. You can open up the trades, read about the hot new projects in development, and know “these people want me to star in this thing.” Sam Waterston, with all due respect, probably hasn’t felt that way in a while. It was hopefully a lot of fun for him, then, when NBC announced that it was bringing back regular Law...
December 16, 2021

New Mexico airports to receive $18M from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - KRQE News 13

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico’s 46 airports are receiving an estimated $18 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. A news release from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration states that the money can be invested in runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, and roadway projects. This is the first of five annual rounds of f...
December 16, 2021

Putting Climate into the Infrastructure Law - NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

Transportation investments from the bipartisan infrastructure bill could be either a boon for progress driven by sustainable mobility choices, or a boon for harmful carbon emissions paved by many miles of new highways, researchers at Georgetown University said in a new report. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash The key now is how this will be implemented by the Department of Transportation an...
December 16, 2021

School officials, law enforcement address threatening TikTok challenge - KPLC

Several school districts across the country are advising parents about a potential TikTok challenge designed to encourage students to make violent threats against schools on Dec. 17. (Gray News) - School districts across the country are advising parents about a potential TikTok challenge designed to encourage students to make violent threats against schools on Friday. “While we understand tha...
December 16, 2021

Sam Waterston Returning For ‘Law & Order’ Revival - Forbes

Topline Sam Waterston, one of the longest-running cast members on the classic NBC procedural drama Law & Order, will return as fan-favorite district attorney Jack McCoy for the revived show’s 21st season, it was announced Thursday, over a decade after the show was cancelled. Sam Waterston attending AFI Fest on Nov. 8, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma ... [+] Getty Images for...
December 16, 2021

Eric Adams To Appoint Law Enforcement Veteran To Head Troubled City Jail System - Gothamist

Eric Adams with Louis Molina, who will be running the city Department of Correction. Mayor-elect Eric Adams will appoint Louis Molina, a former NYPD detective and law enforcement veteran, to lead the city's embattled Department of Correction. Molina, whose appointment was first reported by NY1, spent the last year as chief of the Department of Public Safety in Las Vegas. A former U.S. Marine,...
December 16, 2021

What to Watch If You Like the Law & Order Franchise - TV Guide

NBC It's a good time to be a Law & Order fan. Not only is it practically a law that at least one episode from a show in the L&O universe has to be airing on TV at all times (trust us), but the franchise is still growing. The latest news? The original Law & Order is coming back for Season 21, complete with some returning stars. Dick Wolf's enormously popular procedural empire als...
December 16, 2021

Law enforcement: Nationwide TikTok shooting rumors not credible - KTXL FOX 40 Sacramento

STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) — TikTok rumors threatening nationwide school shootings are not credible, local law enforcement reported Thursday. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office described a screenshot shared on TikTok, which reads in part, “Attention everyone who goes to GHS.” County law enforcement also said the screenshot did not include the name “Gregori,” referencing Gregori High...