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Emergency management personnel are pictured during a drone training session. The DJI drone (circled) is hovering just above the ground. Photo provided By Juli Metzger— MUNCIE, Ind. – Mark Carter was tired. But it was a good tired. He’d spent several days in a kind of show-and-tell with Randolph County first-graders, teaching them about unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), why they are importan...

Legislation signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul Oct. 25 will allow optometrists in the state to prescribe oral medications. With the passage of S 1519/A 19, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023, optometrists in every state now have the ability to prescribe oral therapeutics for eye disease, according to the American Optometric Association. The legislation specifies that eligible optometri...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana environmental regulators ignored the law when they permitted an expansion of a massive strip mine that is the sole source of coal for a large power plant despite concerns over water pollution, a state judge ruled. State District Judge Katherine Bidegaray ordered the Department of Environmental Quality to revisit its 2015 permit to expand the 25,752-acre Rosebud ...

Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I’m Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento, back from a quick trip to Boston. Is it me or is there a marijuana ad on every public garbage can in that city? This week we’re looking at:

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge says state regulators ignored the law when they permitted an expansion of a massive strip mine that is the sole source of coal for a large power plant. State District Judge Katherine Bidegaray ordered the Department of Environmental Quality to revisit the 2015 permit to expand the 25,752-acre Rosebud Mine. Thursday's order came after environmental groups...

Photo by: file photo LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan appeals court has again struck down changes to Michigan's ballot drive law, including a limit on how many voter signatures can come from any one region. Friday's ruling is the latest in a legal fight that began after Republican lawmakers and then-Gov. Rick Snyder enacted the 2018 law. It made it harder to mount ballot initiatives. Many p...

UC Davis School of Law Professor Raquel Aldana, right, moderates a panel discussion on the Civil Rights Legacy of Justice Cruz Reynoso at the School of Law Oct. 21. She is joined in the in-person discussion by Amagda Pérez, UC Davis lecturer, and Thomas Saenz, of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. More than 200 people attended in-person and via Zoom. (Jose Alfonso Perez/...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana environmental regulators ignored the law when they permitted an expansion of a massive strip mine that is the sole source of coal for a large power plant despite concerns over water pollution, a state judge ruled. State District Judge Katherine Bidegaray ordered the Department of Environmental Quality to revisit its 2015 permit to expand the 25,752-acre Rosebud ...

The Michigan Supreme Court will take up a law that allows judges to charge defendants to cover the costs of operating the courts. The Michigan Supreme Court will reexamine a controversial state law that allows judges to force low-income criminal defendants to cover the costs of operating the courts. The case involves Travis Johnson, who was ordered to pay $1,200 for a pair of convictions in 2...