New York legislators inched closer to sealing a deal with the office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week to legalize recreational marijuana and expand the current medical marijuana program in the state. Democrats are hopeful the law could pass as early as next week as a stand-alone bill outside... Read More »
When Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation, he was also approving about $40 billion in funds for higher education. Provisions were included for student loan forgiveness and financial aid. The provisions were targeted at schools with small endowments and large quantities of Pell Grant recipients. Funds are intended... Read More »
University of Southern California (U.S.C.) is paying out a staggering $1.1 billion settlement to 710 female patients of a campus gynecologist accused of sex abuse, George Tyndall. This payout is the largest sex abuse settlement and payout in the history of higher education. U.S.C. attorneys announced the gigantic settlement in... Read More »
Twelve Attorneys General have called upon two of the nation's biggest tech giants, Facebook and Twitter, in a letter to address concerns over anti-vaxxer users of their platforms who are spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. In the letter drafted by Connecticut Attorney General, William Tong, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's... Read More »
A group of eight Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ Deputies have amended their civil rights and workplace harassment lawsuit filed against fellow deputies to include another 47 members of the Sheriff’s department. The addition of these defendants marks a significant expansion of the suit, which was initially filed against only four... Read More »
The Chicago suburb of Evanston has just become the nation's first city to implement a reparations program for its Black residents. The program is the city’s first step in what it hopes to be several initiatives toward making right the city’s history of segregation and discriminatory practices. Evanston’s city council... Read More »
Kentucky’s state Senate has passed a bill that would make it illegal to “taunt” a police officer. This bill is sponsored by Republican state Sen. Danny Carroll, a retired cop. Carroll brought forth the bill following the protests in Louisville last summer. These protests took place because of the death... Read More »
A bipartisan bill allowing veterans more flexibility on naming beneficiaries in the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) was introduced by New Jersey Democrat Representative Mikie Sherrill and Florida Republican Representative Gus Bilirakis. The "Debra Nixon Special Needs Trust Inclusion Act," if passed, will offer veterans participating in SBP the full advantage... Read More »
Fourteen states have banded together to sue the current administration because of its pause on oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands and waters. In his bid to fulfill his campaign promise of moving toward sustainable energy and away from non-renewables, President Biden halted new leases on oil and... Read More »
On February 4, 2021, Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the antitrust subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation that would make sweeping changes as to how antitrust cases are prosecuted. The Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021 seeks, in its own words to reform the antitrust... Read More »
How do rich kids get into prestigious universities when they can’t meet highly competitive admissions standards? A few hire “admissions consultants,” who bribe coaches to arrange acceptances through athletic admissions procedures, which are generally less rigorous than the norm. One such soccer coach took the bribes and is now headed... Read More »
After changing his version of events on multiple occasions and providing unconvincing explanations of damning evidence, 24-year-old Diego Hernandez has been convicted by a jury of deliberate homicide in a recent trial in Yellowstone County, Montana. Testimony at trial offered by detectives, forensic experts, and witnesses depicted a series of... Read More »
The Asian American community is on high alert after a year of festering anti-Asian sentiment has led to an increase in violence against the community. The discrimination which has been growing since the start of the pandemic reached a peak last week after the deadly shooting spree of three Asian... Read More »
Each semester, millions of students fill out millions of forms as they register for university classes. Few, however, consider that these forms are contracts with their universities. And those contracts do not state what would happen if in-person classes are canceled because of a pandemic. Students who filed a class-action... Read More »
Disney Cruise Line is now facing four federal lawsuits from tourists and their families from Utah and Arizona. The four complaints all accuse Disney of refusing to let them cancel or reschedule their trips at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, even if the travelers suffered from... Read More »
