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April 22, 2022

Annual Mantracker conference remains a draw for law enforcement - Newnan Times-Herald

Clay Neely / The Newnan Times-Herald Anthony Bufano prepares to meet a K-9 during the Mantracker finale held Thursday night at the Coweta County Rec Center. Hundreds of members of law enforcement made their annual voyage to Coweta County to take part in Mantracker – the annual Public Safety Training Conference organized by the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office. Since 1993, thousands of mem...
April 22, 2022

DeSantis signs law dissolving Walt Disney World's self-government - WFLX Fox 29

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a bill that dissolves Walt Disney World's private self-government. The law eliminates the Reedy Creek Improvement District — as the 55-year-old Disney government is known — as well as a handful of other similar districts throughout the state by June 2023. The measure allows the districts to potentially be reestablished, leaving an avenue for...
April 22, 2022

UH law student named 2022 Patsy Mink Legislative Fellow | University of Hawaiʻi System News - University of Hawaii

Keoni Williams University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law student Keoni Williams has been named the 2022 Patsy Takemoto Mink Legislative Fellow. The fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a UH law student interested in public policy and social justice to work with a member of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation. Williams will spend the summer working in the Washin...
April 22, 2022

Binance Denies Allegations It Shared Russian Users' Data With Law Enforcement - CoinDesk

Changpeng Zhao, founder and chief executive officer of Binance (Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg/Getty Images) Binance, a major global cryptocurrency exchange, fiercely denied it had helped Russian authorities track down donations to the opposition, in response to an investigation published by Reuters on Friday. According to Reuters, last April, Gleb Kostarev, Binance head of Eastern Europe and Rus...
April 22, 2022

BCCC notes: Four graduate for fall 2021 law enforcement academy - WNCT

WASHINGTON, N.C.— ​Law enforcement officers are in high demand, and Beaufort County Community College sent four more graduates out into the community to begin their careers. The college held a graduation ceremony for the Fall 2021 Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy on April 14. Macy Radcliffe of Pinetown, Ian Rodeberg of Farmville, Marshall Stell of Pinetown, and Jacob Weaver of Grimeslan...
April 22, 2022

St. Thomas University's College of Law Intercultural Human Rights Law Review: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Who, What, Where, When, and Why? - PR Newswire

MIAMI, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Thomas University (STU) College of Law Intercultural Human Rights Law Review recently held a panel discussion regarding the factual and legal parameters of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its place in the history of war. Executive Director of the Graduate Program in Intercultural Human Rights and Founding Director of the John J. Brunetti Human Traffi...
April 22, 2022

DeSantis signs new congressional map into law as groups sue over redistricting - POLITICO

Democratic legislators protest as they halt debate on Senate Bill 2-C: Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. | Phil Sears/AP Photo By Gary Fineout 04/22/2022 01:59 PM EDT Updated: 04/22/2022 03:43 PM EDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several voting rights and civil rights organi...
April 22, 2022

DeSantis signs Stop WOKE Act into law - WESH 2 Orlando

HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Hialeah Gardens on Friday and signed the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act into law. The governor said his goal is to block activism like critical race theory from classrooms and workplaces. The Florida Department of Education already banned critical race theory from K-12 public schools last summer at the governor's ...
April 22, 2022

What To Know: The 'Individual Freedom' Law - WPBF West Palm Beach

The "Individual Freedom" bill will take effect on July 1, 2022. Under the measure, school instruction or workplace training would constitute discrimination if it “compels” people to believe certain concepts. Here is what you need to know: What The Law Requires Part of the bill dealing with schools would label instruction discriminatory if it would lead students to “feel guilt, anguish, or ot...
April 22, 2022

Gov. DeSantis signs race-related education bill into law - WPBF West Palm Beach

HIALEAH, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a race-related instruction bill into law Friday. The "Individual Freedom" bill will take effect on July 1, 2022. Under the measure, school instruction or workplace training would constitute discrimination if it “compels” people to believe certain concepts. Part of the bill dealing with schools would label instruction discriminatory if it would lead stu...