New Hampshire State

Sandusky, OH

Cedar Point has revealed devastating news, confirming a permanent shutdown at the iconic Ohio amusement park. The most iconic amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, has been embroiled in a series of crises and scandals recently, from assaults to animal escapes and threats from activist groups, expecting a permanent closure at Cedar Point.

Cedar Point Confirms Permanent Shutdown Following Demands for Immediate Federal Action

Colorado State

Kentucky State

The US Sun

KENTUCKY lawmakers are expanding a popular traffic law to help drivers. States across the US have laws that require drivers to pull over and make way for emergency responders on the road. Kentucky passed a state law in 2003 that required drivers to slow down or move over for highway...

Crackdown law comes into effect with $500 fines & jail time for drivers who fail to make crucial move on the road

Jacksonville, FL

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Jacksonville Today

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to let it enforce new anti-discrimination rules in schools, including protections for pregnant women and women who have had abortions.

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to let it enforce anti-discrimination rules for pregnant women in schools

Until recently, local policies on homelessness have been guided by two controversial rulings from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Martin v. Boise (9th Cir. 2019) 920 F.3d 584 and Johnson v. City of Grants Pass (9th Cir. 2022) 50 F.4th 787.[1] However, the Supreme Court’s decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson(2024) 603 U.S. ____, is likely to transform local jurisdictions’ policy approaches to managing homelessness. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the city’s ban on camping and parking overnight on public property.

Supreme Court Holds That the Eighth Amendment Does Not Prevent Enforcement of Local Camping Bans, Authorizing a Significant Shift in Local Policies on Homelessness

Denver, CO

David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Louisiana State

Straight Arrow News SANcom

Amid legal challenges, Louisiana has agreed to delay the implementation of a law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in schools.

Ten Commandments law in Louisiana schools put on hold amid legal challenge

Houston, TX

Salon

A federal judge this week dismissed a majority of the claims in a Black Texas high school student's lawsuit against his school district, which accused officials there of racial and gender discrimination for punishing him over his refusal to change his hairstyle. Legal experts told Salon that while the axed racial discrimination claim didn't have strong legs, thanks in part to a controversial Supreme Court doctrine of "colorblindness," the suit's remaining sex discrimination allegation has the potential to have major reverberations.

Legal experts say a fight over a Black teen's dreadlocks shows how the law still enables racism

Nebraska State

The Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The state’s high court...

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

Broward County, FL

The Hill

A staffer at Broward County Public Schools in Florida was suspended Tuesday after her transgender daughter played on a girls sports team, which violates state law. The school board voted to suspend Jessica Norton, an information management technician, after her transgender daughter played on the volleyball team at Monarch High School in 2022 and 2023, CNN reported.

Florida school staffer suspended after transgender daughter played on girls sports team

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Wood Village, OR

Save 50.0% on select products from Y\u00B7J Back home with promo code 50BQ98JA, through 8/16 while supplies last. Walmart Ordered to Pay $4.4 Million in Racial Profiling Case. Walmart has been ordered to pay $4.4 million to Michael Mangum, an Oregon man who was racially profiled by an employee at one of their stores. The incident, known as the “Shopping While Black” case, occurred on March 26, 2020, at a Walmart in Wood Village, Oregon.

Jury Awards $4.4M to Man Racially Profiled at Walmart (Video)

The States has asked islanders for their views on whether to extend Guernsey's anti-discrimination law to include protections against age discrimination. Guernsey introduced an anti-discrimination law in 2023, making it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of disability, carer status, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation. The Committee for...

Views sought on making age discrimination illegal

West Virginia State

West Virginia will take its fight over whether its Medicaid program must cover gender-affirming surgeries to the Supreme Court, the state’s Republican attorney general announced Thursday. “Once again, the state of West Virginia is going to the U.S. Supreme Court,” Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said at a news conference...

West Virginia asks Supreme Court to allow Medicaid to deny coverage for gender-affirming surgery

About 24.8 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid as of Aug. 1, according to data from KFF. KFF has been tracking Medicaid enrollment since May 3, 2023, after the continuous enrollment requirement enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic ended March 31, 2023. The tracker uses information from state websites and CMS.

24.8M people now disenrolled from Medicaid: 13 notes for dentists

Florida State

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Texas State

Blavity

A federal judge dismissed most of the claims in the lawsuit filed by Darryl George, a Texas high school student who was suspended multiple times for wearing locs and refusing to cut them off.

Federal Judge Dismisses Most Claims In Lawsuit Filed By Black Texas Student Who Was Suspended For Wearing Locs

Nevada State

Virginia City, NV

The Independent

 Three people were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a verbal altercation last week in Virginia City, Nevada, during which a Black man said a racial slur was directed at him by a man who also said “they have a hanging tree” for people like him. The incident occurred when Ricky Johnson was collecting signatures for a ballot measure during the popular Hot August Nights classic car festival in Virginia City, a tourist town just south of Reno. Johnson began videoing after the alleged racist comments were directed at him. In the video Johnson demands that the man...

Three people arrested in rural Nevada over altercation that Black man says involved a racial slur

Missouri State

– The Supreme Court denies Missouri’s attempt to block Trump’s sentencing. – Missouri claims New York interfered with its election process. – The case doesn’t affect national Republicans or Democrats but influences Independents. – Trump’s sentencing coincides with early voting, possibly affecting voter decisions. In a...

Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Sentencing Amid Missouri Challenge

NewsBreak

Racial profiling ban, AI guardrails, and trespassing signs: The bill signings you may have missed

Gov. Chris Sununu's has signed a slew of bills passed by the House and Senate during the spring. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin) As the...

Racial profiling ban, AI guardrails, and trespassing signs: The bill signings you may have missed

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