How Recent State Laws Are Making It Harder to Sue Trucking Companies After Crashes ( www.propublica.org )
Texas A&M recruited a UT professor to revive its journalism program, then backtracked after “DEI hysteria” ( www.texastribune.org )
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor’s staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books ( apnews.com )
A newspaper war, then a news drought: How Arlington, TX had, then lost its daily news coverage ( www.texasstandard.org )
7 Republican AGs write to Target, say Pride month campaigns could violate their state’s child protection laws ( www.cnn.com )
Historic and deadly New England floods trap residents, destroy roads ( www.washingtonpost.com )
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Connecticut bans utilities from billing customers for lobbying efforts ( grist.org )
These cities are ending fares on transit. Here's why ( www.cnn.com )
What’s interesting about this article is what it leaves out. It cites experts who claim this is “diverts scarce resources from more pressing priorities: transit service and quality” yet that was far from the case in one of the cities cited in the introduction....
I Went on a Vigilante Raid to “Save” Kids Sold for Sex. What We Did Haunts Me Now. ( slate.com )
Russian Militia Has Links to American Neo-Nazi and Anti-Trans Figures ( theintercept.com )
America’s Perpetual—and Preventable—Cancer Drug Shortage: "Currently, around 14 different chemotherapy drugs are in shortage." ( slate.com )
I thought the ADHD meds shortage was more than awful enough on its own, but holy crap this is horrifying....
Suspended Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s jet moves to Threads ( www.nbcnews.com )
Child Care Cliff: 3.2 Million Children Likely to Lose Spots with End of Federal Funds on September 30, the Century Foundation warns ( tcf.org )
Lawsuit alleging California tech giant Cisco, aided Chinese torture may proceed, 9th Circuit says ( www.latimes.com )
This could have make ramifications across the tech world.
Conditions at Mississippi's Most Notorious Prison Violate the Constitution, DOJ Says ( incarceratedworkers.org )
“Our investigation uncovered evidence of systemic violations that have generated a violent and unsafe environment for people incarcerated at Parchman,” Kristen Clarke, the U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, said at a press conference. “We are committed to taking action that will ensure the safety of all...
In Arizona Water Ruling, the Hopi Tribe Sees Limits on Its Future ( www.propublica.org )
How Montana schools are preparing for worst-case scenarios ( montanafreepress.org )
Arrival of large-scale solar projects in Nebraska met with resistance ( flatwaterfreepress.org )
Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show ( www.sacbee.com )
Minneapolis City Council divided over how Muslim members were excluded from rent control vote ( sahanjournal.com )
Ransomware criminals are dumping kids' private files online after school hacks ( apnews.com )
US Space Command says it needs more maneuverable satellites ( arstechnica.com )
Lt. Gen. John Shaw, second in command of USSPACECOM, stated that “We have satellites that have projected lifetimes measured in years and fixed fuel tanks, so we just can’t do that. And that is constraining our ability to do a lot of things we want to do at US Space Command.”...
Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Water Breaks ( www.texasobserver.org )
As a part of a bill critics have dubbed the “Death Star” bill—an expansive law that preempts legislation in eight key areas of local government—the Legislature has overridden local ordinances that require giving workers water breaks. Otherwise known as House Bill 2127, it was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on...
Florida police officer who led deputy on a high-speed chase, then fled traffic stop, is charged ( www.nbcnews.com )
Shaouni was arrested June 9 on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement with lights and siren activated, resisting an officer without violence, reckless driving and driving at an unlawful speed.
Prosecutors in Trump classified documents case are facing threats ( www.washingtonpost.com )
That’s always a hallmark of a stable democracy.