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States enact the most new extreme risk protection order laws since 2020

So far this year, two states, Michigan and Minnesota, have enacted extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). They became the first states to enact new ERPOs since New Mexico and Virginia did so in 2020. The new laws in Michigan and Minnesota raise the total number of states with ERPOs to…

Ballotpedia · Jul 6, 2023

Being a lawmaker is the latest leap for career-hopping Kiggans - Roll Call

Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans speaks about her career jumps and how she intends to win reelection in Virginia’s 2nd District.

Roll Call · Jul 6, 2023

From coal to kayaking: West Virginia’s miners turn to tourism to pay the bills

Increasing number of workers in once profitable mining industry now employed in tourism in a stunning corner of Appalachia

The Guardian - US · Jul 5, 2023

Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow-up to affirmative action ruling

A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in northern Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Women’s interest in entering politics surged after Dobbs. So why aren’t they running? - Roll Call

Organizations that recruit women to run for office say interest swelled after the Dobbs decision, yet there isn't a surge in new candidates.

Roll Call · Jun 30, 2023

The DC Snipers shot dead 10 people through a hole in a Chevy trunk. Tarot cards secured their capture

While residents of the DC Metropolitan Area went about their daily activities, they were shot by two snipers aiming through a hole cut out of the trunk of a Chevy Caprice. Ten people lost their lives during a 23-day reign of terror now documented in Netflix’s Catching Killers. Rachel Sharp…

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

Heat this summer will cost $1 billion

A new report estimates heat will spur nearly 235,000 ER visits for conditions related to increased body temperature

Salon · Jun 29, 2023

"Dormant Commerce" and Corporate Powers

Some reflections on the decision in Mallory.

Reason · Jun 28, 2023

Alexandria Virginia incident: Child aged 3 dies in fall from high-rise apartment

A three-year-old boy fell from a window of a 13-floor apartment building and died instantly in Alexandria, Virginia

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2023

Alaska to receive most per-capita aid in broadband funding rollout

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration’s long-awaited allocation of high-speed internet funding will give 19 states at least $1 billion each in federal aid from a 2021 infrastructure law, with Alaska, West Virginia, Wyoming and Montana leading the list in per capita aid.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023