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Colleges and universities across the northeast are considering if and how they should require students to receive COVID-19 vaccines before enrolling in class this fall.
While Rutgers University in New Jersey has received some national attention for saying it would require the shots for fall students, with certain exemptions, a number of Maine schools say that they are recommending or encouraging students to get the vaccines, but will not impose a requirement. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. We re not currently requiring it, because the three vaccines have not received regular approval, but emergency approval, said Dannel Malloy, chancellor of the University of Maine System, during a media appearance in mid-March.
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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) vetoed HB 3360. The measure would have allowed plaintiffs in all personal injury and wrongful death cases to
collect 9% interest, accrued from the date of loss, on jury awards and verdicts. In
his veto message, Governor Pritzker said the bill was too burdensome for hospitals and medical professionals, potentially driving up health care costs and deterring physicians from practicing in Illinois. The proposed 9% interest rate was higher than surrounding state rates like Michigan and Wisconsin, where pre-judgement interest rates are tied to the federal prime rate.
On the same day as the veto, a subsequent pre-judgment interest bill passed both houses of the Illinois General Assembly. The new measure seeks to impose a
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 25
In an automobile products liability case, the U.S. Supreme Court held the connection between the plaintiffs’ claims and Ford’s activities in the forum states was close enough to support specific jurisdiction.
Read the court s opinion in
Ford Motor Co. v.
In a civil rights case, the U.S. Supreme Court held the application of physical force to the body of a person with intent to restrain is a seizure even if the person does not submit and is not subdued.
Read the court s opinion in
Torres v.
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April 1, 2021 at 2:00pm
This is an opinion column by Del. Ken Plum (D), who represents Reston in Virginia’s House of Delegates. It does not reflect the opinion of Reston Now.
Virginia made history last week: The Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam signed the bill that made Virginia the first state in the south and the 23rd state in the nation to end the death penalty! I made the nearly four-hour trip to the Greenville Correctional Center in Jarrett where the “death chamber” is located to be at this momentous occasion when another of my legislative goals was realized.
While some have justified the death penalty as an appropriate “eye for an eye” punishment and a deterrent for other crimes, the history of the death penalty is much more complex. Virginia executed more people than any other state having executed 1,390 people over its 413 years. Its uneven application among the states and within the state itself is astounding. Virginia executed 94 women over its history, twic