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Pine View senior suing to stop 'Don't Say Gay' law pushed by Sarasota School Board member  Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Mark Lieberman is the co-chair of the Yorktown Democratic Committee. Our energy bills are too high, as everyone knows, and we need clean new sources of power to lower those costs and to fight climate change. Solar farms can help by producing reliable, renewable energy that reduces our reliance upon carbon-based fuel. But the promotion of solar power here in Yorktown has ironically come at a s...

Pakistan’s now ousted PM appeared to give opposition ultimatum: agree to fresh elections or I’ll bring in army Imran Khan, who was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister on Saturday, threatened to implement martial law rather than hand over power to the opposition, according to documents seen by the Guardian. According to security officials and opposition figures, he attempted several moves to h...

Core Scientific's Marble, N.C., data center. (Photo: Business Wire) Plans to bring data centers, the digital information storehouses outfitted with tax breaks in Connecticut legislation fast-tracked last year, are getting snagged by a tangle of questions about local rules. The General Assembly last year overwhelmingly approved the legislation that Gov. Ned Lamont quickly signed into law provi...

N. William Delker was appointed to the New Hampshire Superior Court in 2011 and currently presides in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester. During the recent confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States, senators questioned her extensively about her sentencing decisions in several cases. Some wanted to understand how...

“Often homeowners and commercial property owners do not understand the importance of maintaining vegetation — primarily trees — and this is especially important if they have neighbors whose homes or offices could be damaged by falling branches or the trees themselves,” observes La Jolla-based attorney Evan Walker whose law practice concentrates on property damage and personal injury. “Often, ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto It is welcome news that New York is now considering the Sex Trade Survivors Justice and Equality Act, a bill to decriminalize people in prostitution. Sponsored by Sen. Liz Kreuger and Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter, this law reform is long overdue. For too long around the world, those bought and sold in the sex trade — mostly women — have been the target of law enforceme...

Latrobe Detective Sgt. Michael Wigand demonstrates how the department uses recently installed surveillance cameras at the police station on Tuesday. When Greensburg police charged two men with a downtown shooting outside The Rialto bar, in which a bystander was wounded in late January, video footage helped investigators identify one of the suspects. “Without the surveillance video,...

Florida is known for many things: Walt Disney World, the Kennedy Space Center, Miami Beach, and now the introduction of what some are calling its “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The attractions in this state are for all ages, boys and girls, but with this upcoming state law it’s not quite so welcoming to the queer community. On March 8, the Florida Senate passed the bill, after it was previously passed...

The Kansas Fraternal Order of Police, writes Mark McCormick, isn’t accountable to citizens but wields enormous power to shield police officers from punishment for behavior that harms citizens. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throu...