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May 05, 2022

Live Q&A: Keith Law answers your MLB Draft questions - The Athletic

Keith Law put out his first Big Board for the 2022 MLB Draft. And in case he forgot to mention it, the board is not a prediction of where players will go in the draft. It’s a ranking. So now it is time to get all of your questions answered about the prospects.
May 05, 2022

Iowa flood plain maps don’t comply with law to protect waterways from CAFO runoff, Iowa Environmental Council says - The Gazette

The Iowa DNR is charged with regulating medium and large animal-feeding operations. The Iowa Environmental Council wants to force the state's Environmental Protection Commission to adopt flood plain maps to comply with a law that says animal-feeding operations can’t be built near waterways. “The EPC has had a statutory directive since 2002 to adopt a flood plain map … . It has not done so,” s...
May 05, 2022

Abortion law could soon be in the hands of states — creating new issues - NPR

NPR's A Martinez speaks with NYU Professor of Law Melissa Murray about efforts in some state by lawmakers to keep patients from seeking abortion care across state lines, and other issues. Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks
May 05, 2022

After controversies, Georgetown Law students call for culture shift - The Washington Post

When Nick Rawlinson, a third-year student at Georgetown University Law Center, heard that a poet accused of anti-Semitism would be delivering a talk on campus, he was worried. Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian activist whose work has revolved around his family’s experience living under occupation in East Jerusalem. But the Anti-Defamation League has accused him of having a “troubling pattern ...
May 05, 2022

Law enforcement receives mental health resources | KVEO-TV - KVEO-TV

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rio Grande Valley law enforcement agencies are taking a stand for mental health, as more resources are being added to train officers off and on the field. “We have to deal with a lot of different types of people who are going through extreme stress, people with mental health issues so a lot of times we have to de-escalate situations before we can solve any...
May 05, 2022

DeSantis signs legislation into law addressing sea level rise - WMFE

Rising water left some Central Florida homes flooded after Hurricane Irma in 2017. Photo by Amy Green Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation into law aimed at strengthening state and local infrastructure against flooding and sea level rise. The measure builds upon legislation approved last year that, among other things, offered funding for local resilience planning and called for a statewid...
May 05, 2022

EXPLAINER: How could 1849 Wis. abortion law face challenge? - Greater Milwaukee Today | GMToday.com

Demonstrators protest outside the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in response to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP) MADISON, Wis. — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade would leave regulating abortion up to the state...
May 05, 2022

Pro Bono: Law students assist older adults create advance directive documents - Jacksonville Daily Record

Attorney Gregory Redmon and University of Florida law students James Leonard, Kathryn Pope, Michael Klassmeyer, Blake Mansker, Sabrina Saint-Marc, Lindsey Joost and Henrietta McBee. Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and volunteer attorneys coordinate a spring break project. Missy Davenport By Missy Davenport | JBA Pro Bono Committee chair For most students, spring break is a time for rest, relaxati...
May 05, 2022

Jacksonville University College of Law preparing for first students - Jacksonville Daily Record

Classes will begin Aug. 8 at JU’s Downtown campus at 76 S. Laura St. in VyStar Tower. The first class will be at least 20 and perhaps as many as 30 students, Cost said. The university already is planning for when it outgrows the Downtown campus at VyStar Tower. When Jacksonville University President Tim Cost announced at a news conference Feb. 28 that JU was establishing a college of law, he ...