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Will the planned amendment to the Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act (NETS) lay the foundation for a totalitarian state? No, it will not. However, it also fails to help us move closer to a clearer, more surefooted legal order, jurist Paloma Krõõt Tupay writes.

Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Facebook posts claim that recently signed New York state legislation legalizing recreational marijuana includes a back-door policy barring cannabis users from purchasing guns. This is false; there was no mention of firearms in the bill, and although federal law prohibits marijuana use by gun owners, experts say this restriction is unlikely to impact firearm owners in the state. “Hey NYers…..don’t get too excited about pot being legalized. It�...

The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) will limit access and disperse people to groups of 10 in front of the Riigikogu building at Toompea as a demonstration against amendments to legislation and coronavirus restrictions is planned for Friday afternoon. The police has monitored public gatherings at the Lossi Square for the last few days and has directed people to follow distancing regulations, the Health Board announced on Friday. While sufficient distance was ensured to start the week, more t...

The $769 billion nondefense budget, which covers government departments such as Transportation, Health and Human Services, Justice and Education, is a $105.7 billion increase from the current level. Administration officials, who say that the government has underinvested in domestic spending for years, noted that it would be roughly in line with the 30-year nondefense average of 3.3 percent of gross domestic product. ADVERTISEMENT Defense spending, which some budget watchers expected to stay fla...

Another day, yet another effort by the bible humpers to eradicate trans people from public life (and I don’t use that term lightly).* The Arkansas bill would enable teachers to intentionally deadname and misgender their students. This will kill kids. Studies show more than half of trans/non-binary teens have seriously considered suicide — because yes, life is that fucking tough for them — but also that rate was cut in half when their pronouns were respected. *Comes two days after the stat...

The current guest worker program in agriculture is the H-2A program. Its origins go back to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which created the H-2 category for temporary workers coming to the United States. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act divided H-2 into two categories, H-2A for agricultural workers and H-2B for nonagricultural workers. Among its chief provisions are the following: first, foreign-born workers are permitted to come to the United States to perform sea...

Francisco Lara-García Contributing Columnist The thousands of migrants trying to enter the United States at the southern border have sparked a fresh wave of political debate over who should be let into the country and how minors and others seeking asylum should be treated. Republicans have launched a political blitz against Democrats by painting President Joe Biden as the cause of a so-called surge at the southern border. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress have settled on passing legislation in...

Community Forester The mission of the Clearwater Resource Council is to engage the community and facilitate efforts that will enhance, conserve, sustain, and protect the natural resources and rural lifestyle of the Clearwater watershed for present and future generations. For more information, go to crcmt.org. CRC seeks to fill its Community Forester position, a full time, exempt position that performs professional forest management/restoration activities and reports to the CRC Executive Dire...

Making America as good as its promise Antonio Arellano © The American Dream and Promise Act (HR6), put forward by Democrats, aims to provide a clear pathway ... The American Dream and Promise Act (HR6), put forward by Democrats, aims to provide a clear pathway to citizenship for more than a million Dreamers [File: Reuters/Tom Brenner] This spring could not be more welcome in the United States. As we emerge from a tough winter season under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Last year, a new law was enacted requiring public and private employers to comply with Florida’s new E-Verify mandates, with Fla. Stat. § 448.095 of the Florida Statutes taking effect on January 1, 2021.  The law makes the use of the web-based E-Verify system, regulated by the Department of Homeland Security, mandatory for all government and public employers. Employers in the State of Florida should be aware of potential required ...