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October 12, 2021

FBI wants Mainers to report hate crimes to law enforcement - Bangor Daily News

A digital ad in the Portland International Jetport encourages hate crime victims to come forward to local law enforcement. PORTLAND, Maine — The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is “actively enhancing” its resources to investigate hate crimes in New England. To help, the FBI wants Mainers and others in New England to report hate crimes to state and local law enforcement....
October 12, 2021

Boise State, Boise police agree on law enforcement contract - Idaho EdNews

Boise State University and the Boise Police Department have agreed on a five-year law enforcement contract extension. If the State Board of Education and the Boise City Council approve the deal, the new contract would go into effect on Nov. 1, the day after the current police contract expires. Working with the university’s public safety department, Boise police will assign six officers to the...
October 12, 2021

New Mexico pledges support for tribal adoptions in state law - KVIA El Paso

KVIA By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s child protection department is pledging to restore the agency’s credibility. Secretary Barbara J. Vigil says she will repair the agency’s reputation after a series of scandals. Most recently, the state Legislature learned it was given misleading child maltreatment data by her predecessor. Vigil s...
October 12, 2021

‘Mom, this is for you’: Bill allowing cameras in all Ohio nursing homes closer to becoming law - WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Legislation that would allow Ohio families to install cameras in their loved ones’ rooms at nursing homes is one step closer to becoming a new law in the state. The bill, known unofficially as Esther’s Law, has become the life’s work of a Northeast Ohio man whose mother was a victim of elderly abuse. The story began to unfold after the family of 78-year-old Esther Piskor was...
October 12, 2021

Fallen law enforcement officers honored in Augusta - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Detective Benjamin J. Campbell was the latest name to be added to the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, honored Tuesday morning along with the 86 other fallen officers recognized at the monument. The ceremony took place at 10 a.m. at the granite memorial, located on State Street near the Maine State Capitol, which is dedicated to Maine law enforcement offi...
October 12, 2021

Fallen law enforcement officers honored in Augusta - Portland Press Herald - Press Herald

AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Detective Benjamin J. Campbell was the latest name to be added to the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, honored Tuesday morning along with the 86 other fallen officers recognized at the monument. The ceremony took place at 10 a.m. at the granite memorial, located on State Street near the Maine State Capitol, which is dedicated to Maine law enforcement offi...
October 12, 2021

Fallen law enforcement officers honored in Augusta - Lewiston Sun Journal - Lewiston Sun Journal

AUGUSTA — Maine State Police Detective Benjamin J. Campbell was the latest name to be added to the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, honored Tuesday morning along with the 86 other fallen officers recognized at the monument. The ceremony took place at 10 a.m. at the granite memorial, located on State Street near the Maine State Capitol, which is dedicated to Maine law enforcement offi...
October 12, 2021

New Mexico Pledges Support for Tribal Adoptions in State Law | New Mexico News - U.S. News & World Report

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — In her first prepared speech Tuesday the new leader of New Mexico’s child protection department pledges to restore the agency’s credibility following a series of scandals under her predecessor. New Mexico Children Youth and Family Department secretary Barbara J. Vigil also promised to enshrine federal law prioritizing tribal members in adoptions of Native American childr...
October 12, 2021

ONGOING INVESTIGATION REMINDER: The Schall Law Firm Announces it is Investigating Claims Against Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. and Encourages Investors with Losses to Contact the Firm - Yahoo Finance

Los Angeles, California--(Newsfile Corp. - October 12, 2021) - The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. ("Ginkgo" or "the Company") (NYSE: DNA) for violations of the securities laws. The investigation focuses on whether the Company issued false and/or misleading statem...
October 12, 2021

Sen. Krueger: Cuomo was in 'no rush' to enact cannabis law - Spectrum News

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo delayed the implementation of the state's cannabis legalization bill, a top Democrat in the state Senate Tuesday said in a Capital Tonight interview, pointing to his lukewarm history on the issue. "He didn't seem to be in any rush to actually get the new authority or the regulations written," said Sen. Liz Krueger, a co-sponsor of the measure that was approved this ye...