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AP and CNHI report finds US sunshine laws put transparency request burden on private citizens

JURIST

An AP and CNHI News report published Sunday found that less than a third of US states have agencies to resolve citizen disputes regarding access to public records or open meetings. While some states like Arizona do provide an ombudsman’s aide who receives complaints, the aide lacks the authority to enforce agency compliance.

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DOJ Earmarks $7.65m for Rural Police Body Cams

The Crime Report

million for the purchase of body-worn cameras by law enforcement agencies 50 or fewer full-time sworn personnel, including rural departments and federally recognized tribal agencies. Then-president Barack Obama allocated $23 million in federal grants for agencies of all sizes to purchase body cams in 2015. Washington, D.C.’s

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DOJ Earmarks $7.65m for Rural Police Body Cams

The Crime Report

million for the purchase of body-worn cameras by law enforcement agencies 50 or fewer full-time sworn personnel, including rural departments and federally recognized tribal agencies. Then-president Barack Obama allocated $23 million in federal grants for agencies of all sizes to purchase body cams in 2015. Washington, D.C.’s

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. Circuit Vacated EPA’s Administrative Stay of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities. A divided D.C.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia upheld the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) redaction of certain communications between a NOAA climate scientist and the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) from January 20, 2009, through January 20, 2017. Bernhardt , No.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve. She later deleted her account (likely after her attorney regained consciousness). That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. Racz is now charged with risk of injury to a minor, reckless endangerment and interfering with a police officer. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Griffen then appealed and the attorney for the Haunted Hotel quoted Hunter S.

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