RI Hospital Hit with More Regulatory Action by Department of Health
RI Hospital Hit with More Regulatory Action by Department of Health
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Healthcare Debate: Preexisting Conditions Back on the Table
Healthcare Debate: Preexisting Conditions Back on the Table
A 96-Year Old Brooklyn Judge Blasts Supreme Court Ruling on Law Enforcement Protections
A 96-year old judge from Brooklyn is pushing back against the Supreme Court, claiming a pair of recent rulings protecting law enforcement from lawsuits had gone too far. In a Monday decision, Judge Jack B. Weinstein claimed the expanded police protections could absolve “all but the plainly incompetent” from the consequences of misconduct. “The Supreme
Trump Tweets and Interviews Interfere with Republican Immigration Bill
Friday brought chaos to a conservative effort to broker compromise on a House immigration bill. After a week of long talks, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan promised Wednesday that Republicans were finally finding common ground on a contentious immigration issue. Ever since President Donald Trump formally rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
CSX Transportation Agrees to $3.2M Settlement, Ending Discrimination Lawsuit
CSX Transportation recently agreed to pay a $3.2 million settlement to settle a lawsuit after it was accused of “administering physical capability tests that prevented women from being hired for certain jobs.” CSX is a company that supplies rail-based freight transportation throughout the United States and Canada. A leader in the industry, the Jacksonville, Florida-based company “operates more than 21,000 miles of track in 23 Eastern states, including West Virginia and Kentucky, and two Canadian provinces.”
Arizona Governor Plans to Replace More than 280 School Buses with Settlement Money from Volkswagen Lawsuit
When most people think about school buses, they don’t exactly think of them being environmentally friendly. However, in Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey recently announced that he will be replacing more than 280 “aging and presumably high-polluting school buses…at no cost to Arizona taxpayers.” The money for the new buses will come from the “$59 million the state is getting as its share of a nationwide settlement with Volkswagen to replace buses that are at least 15 years old and have more than 100,000 miles on them.”
Humboldt County Agrees to Pay $3.45M Settlement, Ending Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Nearly four years after Darren Borges died while in police custody, his family has finally reached a $3.45 million settlement with Humboldt County in the wrongful death lawsuit they filed. In addition to agreeing to the monetary settlement, the county will also “implement health screening protocols before a person is put in a cell,” according to the agreement.
Safe Injection Sites: Should they be Legal?
There is a lot of debate about whether safe injection sites are, in fact, safe. Is this really the best way to go for those who struggle with addictions to heroin? Do they do more to damage good neighborhoods than help them? Is this really the way we want to be as a society? Aren’t we just telling people that it’s okay to keep doing what they do, and we’ll help them stay safe again and again?
Transgender Former Employee Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with Wal-Mart
Transgender Employee Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with Wal-Mart
Delaware Attorney Suspended and Banned from Reviewing Financial Records
Delaware Attorney Suspended and Banned from Reviewing Financial Records