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Peter Cannavò, of Syracuse, is professor and Chair of Government at Hamilton College. Alma Lowry, of Clinton, is an environmental attorney and Lecturer in Environmental Studies at Hamilton College. Andrew Pattison, of Hamilton, is assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Colgate University. Aaron Strong, of Clinton, is assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Hamilton College. O...

Cornel West and Mayor London Breed discuss the Dream Keeper Initiative in Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library in February. Two years after San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton pledged to redirect $120 million over two years from law enforcement to the Black community, the Dream Keeper Initiative they created is widely praised for ...

Durango Police Department officer Ethan Harper holds Pearl the Chihuahua as officer Andy Kaplan looks on in October 2017. House District 59 Rep. Barbara McLachlan has worked with the Durango Police Department and La Plata County Sheriff’s Office to introduce legislation to remove the Colorado residency requirement for law enforcement officers. The legislation would help rural law enforcement ...

Virtual event will provide HR pros with comprehensive overview of latest case developments, legislature and workplace reformations Following the incredible success of the global Employment Law Masterclass series, HRD is excited to announce the inaugural Employment Law Masterclass California, taking place on June 14. This event will provide busy HR professionals with a comprehensive overview ...

Accustomed to relatively strict gun laws, New Yorkers watching mass shootings unfold across other parts of the country in recent years may have felt somewhat invincible to indiscriminate gun violence. April 12 was a wake-up call, when a gunman started shooting at passengers on a subway car in Brooklyn during a morning commute. Now, a landmark Supreme Court case that’s due for a ruling this su...

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The city of Columbus is challenging a new Ohio law allowing health care providers to deny forms of medical treatment they personally disagree with. Why it matters: Critics say Ohioans' access to a variety of health care needs, especially those for women and members of the LGBTQ+ community, are at stake. City Attorney Zach Klein, who is pushing the lawsuit, cit...

Jones Day, Allen & Overy and French firm Racine are helping orchestrate a private equity-backed deal that will bring a fast-growing French music streaming service to the public markets at an estimated value of over €1 billion. Deezer, a competitor to Spotify and other online music services founded in 2007, is merging with I2PO, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by a numb...

Pro-choice activists with the National Organization For Women hold a vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court on January 23, 2012 in Washington, DC. The vigil was held to mark the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. Abortion access throughout the country could soon depend on a patchwork of state laws if a U.S. Supre...

Landfill (Sunlight Media Collective via WVII) A new law already signed by Governor Janet Mills aims to keep trash from Massachusetts and New Hampshire away from Maine landfills. For nearly two decades, out-of-state trash has been piling up at the Juniper Ridge landfill in Old Town, accounting for roughly a third of the waste there. Some locals, including members of the Penobscot Nation, say i...

BLIND EYE TO IOLTA? - Wells Fargo was hit with a class action Wednesday in Nevada District Court on behalf of investors who contend that they lost more than $100 million in a Ponzi scheme. The suit, brought by Simons Hall Johnston and other attorneys, arises from an alleged investment scam which unraveled in March when Las Vegas attorney Matthew Wade Beasley was shot and apprehended by the FB...