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April 20, 2022

State police chiefs seek 'safety-sensitive employee' exclusion to cannabis law - ROI-NJ.com

John Zebrowski crop Most states that approved the use of recreational cannabis have exclusions for those employed in “safety-sensitive” professions. These are individuals who hold such jobs as train operators, air traffic controllers and those working on utility pipelines. That group also includes police officers. It is sound reasoning to have such an exclusion for the safety of the workers a...
April 20, 2022

Rosen Law Firm Encourages Mullen Automotive, Inc. Investors with Losses to Inquire About Securities Class Action Investigation – MULN - Business Wire

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Mullen Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN) resulting from allegations that Mullen may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. “[d]espite only spending ~$3 million in R&D in 2021, Mullen cla...
April 20, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Washington State Law to Help Ill Hanford Nuclear Workers - Centralia Chronicle

The U.S. Supreme Court building as seen in July 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) A Washington state law to help ill Hanford nuclear reservation workers is moot, an attorney for Washington state argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. After the court agreed to consider the appeal brought by the federal government against the state, the Washington state Legisl...
April 20, 2022

Countering Coups: In Africa, Use Investment to Build Rule of Law - United States Institute of Peace

America and its partners should ‘flip the script’ of past pro-democracy efforts. Policymakers are urgently seeking ways to reverse the erosion of democracy in fragile states exemplified by the past year’s surge in military coups in and around Africa’s Sahel region. To halt this decline, it’s vital to listen to African voices urging that international partners make the most of a powerful pro-d...
April 20, 2022

AG hopeful Jarchow proposes law enforcement plan - WBAY

Police car generic(KPTV file image.) MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican attorney general hopeful Adam Jarchow is proposing a four-pronged plan to control violent crime. Jarchow released his plan Wednesday. It would waive tuition and forgive student loans for those entering law enforcement. It would also create a statewide violent crimes task force; allow the state Justice Department to directly ...
April 20, 2022

New documentary highlights bill that repealed citizen arrest law following Ahmaud Arbery killing - WJBF-TV

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The “Power Of The Pen” documentary follows the passing of Georgia’s house bill 479, which repealed and replaced the state’s citizen’s arrest law that dated back to 1863. Garden City Rep. Carl Gilliard said it likely played a role in convicting Ahmaud Arbery‘s killers. “Georgia had adopted a law that already had racial intentions and so I decided to write house bill 45, ...
April 20, 2022

Dell Rapids superintendent voices concern over law enforcement communication after 'suspicious' person alert - Dakota News Now

School lockdown generic photo.(wcax) DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The leader of the Dell Rapids School District is expressing frustration over what she says is a lack of communication from law enforcement after a “suspicious” person put the school on alert Tuesday. Superintendent Summer Schultz penned two letters to parents in the district apologizing for the “lack of transparent com...
April 20, 2022

Pensacola man charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer - WEAR

Escambia County Jail ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A Pensacola man is charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer in Escambia County. Anthony Sturdivant, 38 is being held in Escambia County Jail on $6,000 bond. The incident happened on Sunday at 49th Ave. and Birch Street in Escambia County. The report states a caller said he spotted Sturdivant -- a previous battery suspect against a fami...
April 20, 2022

Governor signs new budget to increase funding for mental health, law enforcement, education in Kansas - WIBW

Kansas Statehouse TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Governor has signed a new budget for FYs 2022 and 2023 which include increases in funding for mental health, law enforcement, education and health services in the state. On Wednesday, April 20, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says she signed the state’s budget, House Substitute for Substitute for Senate Bill 267, for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023. G...
April 20, 2022

#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Updates, Quick EEO-1 Deadline - Employment Law This Week® - JD Supra

This week, we update you on two major developments from the National Labor Relations Board and this year's abridged timeline to submit EEO-1 data. Union Activity Surges The NLRB recently released data on the increase in petitions filed by unions for representation elections in the country. In the first half of fiscal year 2022, petitions filed by See more + Other MultiMedia by Epstein...