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PHOENIX — The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that state officials were wrong to put a woman who legally used medical marijuana while pregnant on an employment-related list indicating she had neglected a child through prenatal exposure of her infant. A three-judge panel's ruling Thursday said the woman's possession of a user card under the state's medical marijuana program provided her leg...

More than 180 private sector codes and standards that were incorporated into law now fall under fair use, even though they were created by three technical industry associations, a D.C. federal judge ruled. Of the 217 regulatory standards in question, 184 can be copied and distributed without the permission of the organizations that developed them, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District C...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Out-of-state law enforcement officers who come to Florida and new instate officers will receive a $5,000 bonus, according to a new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday. The new law will also provide scholarships to cover tuition, fees, and up to $1,000 in expenses for trainees in a law enforcement academy, as well as $1,000 in training costs for officers who r...

Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law  WIRED

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference at the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in Titusville on Friday, April 1, 2022. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging package Friday that includes providing bonuses to help recruit law enforcement officers from other states and giving county sheriffs more autonomy over their budgets. The highest-profile part of the measure...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that state officials were wrong to put a woman who legally used medical marijuana while pregnant on an employment-related list indicating she had neglected a child through prenatal exposure of her infant. A three-judge panel's ruling Thursday said the woman's possession of a user card under the state's medical marijuana program provided he...

Several San Antonio residents who sued the city after it blocked a Chick-fil-A from opening in the local airport over concerns about the fast food retailer’s support of anti-LGBTQ organizations will be able to replead their case, the Texas Supreme Court said Friday. Patrick Von Dohlen sued San Antonio alleging violations of the state’s religious liberty statute, dubbed the “Save Chick-fil-A” ...

Kansas state Senator Mike Thomas has made several attempts at legislation that is considered anti-solar in his state, and at times he has shared false information about the health and economic impacts of renewable energy. Image: Solar Foundation Early this year, Sen. Mike Thompson of Kansas (R) introduced new laws that would require solar and wind facilities to be built only on lands zoned fo...

BC Law Rappaport Fellows Catherine “Katie” Bekel ’24, Jonathan Sturr ’24, and Samantha Perlman ’24. Three of the twelve 2022 Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Fellowships have been awarded to Boston College Law School students. The prestigious Rappaport Fellows program places students from Boston area law schools in state and local government offices for summer internships. This y...

**Shaheen & Hassan Were Lead Negotiators of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Steered Bipartisan Talks on Water & Dams Infrastructure** (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), announced that New Hampshire will receive $2,390,000 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 funding t...