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This article is an extract from GTDT Practice Guide: Mining 2021. Click here to view the full guide. This aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of how the notion of social licence was born (as explained by James Cooney in his article, ‘Reflections on the 20th anniversary of the term “social licence”’),2 and how and why, in countries with certain constitutional traditions, it can be se...

NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - India's parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws be rolled back. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration introduced the farm bills last year through an executive order, traditionally reserved for emergency le...

New Tennessee Law Restricts Workplace Vaccine Requirements  SHRM

The Tennessee Department of Education recently declined to investigate a complaint filed under a new state law prohibiting the teaching of certain topics regarding race and bias. The complaint, the first directed to the state under the new law passed this spring, was filed by Robin Steenman, chair of the Moms for Liberty Williamson County chapter, a conservative parent group sweeping the nat...

Seven laws passed in the Texas Legislature's second special session are set to take effect Thursday, including the sweeping GOP voting and elections bill that has been challenged in six federal lawsuits. Other new laws include abortion restrictions, limits on how race can be taught in Texas classrooms and limits on how large social media companies control content — although the social media ...

Michael Maxwell (J.D. ’88) is proof that attorneys are able to do much more than just practice law. Before he was in the third graduating class from Georgia State College of Law, Maxwell was a band director, school administrator, and builder of kitchen cabinets. “My grandfather was my hero and I wanted to be like him, and he went to law school,” said Maxwell. “So, I followed in his footsteps....

The Linn County Mental Health Access Center is seen in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 24. The center now offers a 24-hour sobering unit and started accepting referrals from law enforcement. It is one of about 10 now opened across Iowa that are designated by the 14 Mental Health and Disability Regions to provide a place for people who are in crisis. (The Gazette) Linn County Mental Health Access Center ...

EDITORIAL: Smearing law enforcement abets crime  Colorado Springs Gazette

dlewis33 From prosecutors to police officers, it is a distressing time to be a member of law enforcement. They’ve been buffeted by the soft-on-crime, anti-police movement in Colorado as across the nation. This cultural shift in disposition, and the resulting uptick in crime, inevitably chips away at the pride of public servants. When the gutsy people in these noble roles retreat or retir...

Due to funding lawmakers included in the state budget this year, jails across Missouri are now being issued payments to reimburse them for the purchase of feminine hygiene products (Holly Hildreth/Getty Images). When people are checked into the Clay County Detention Center, they all have to pay an intake fee of $8. But for women on their periods, entering the jail used to cost them extra. Inc...