A trio of bills to curb oil and gas pollution is under consideration by New Mexico lawmakers. New Mexico is the country s second-largest oil producer and a top gas producer. Rep. .
A new report says the Portland Police Bureau is obscuring information on officers who use excessive force on the job. Researchers with the organization Ctrl+Alt+Defund investigated use of force data between 2017 and 2023 through public records requests and found only a few officers account for many of these incidences. The highest rate was from Officer Damien Dale, who used force 23 times in 2023. .
By Maurice Chammah for The Marshall Project.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for Ohio News Connection reporting for the Marshall Project-Public News Service Collaboration Next week, Alabama prison officials plan to escort Kenneth Eugene Smith from his cell, strap a mask to his face and replace his breathing air with nitrogen gas. It would likely be the first execution of its kind anywhere in the world. How did we get here? Lethal injection has been the dominant method in the United States for decades, but around 2010, pharmaceutical companies began refusing to sell the necessary drugs to prison agencies. .
More and more Californians are going to college, earning an associate degree or higher but racial gaps persist, according to a new report. Researchers from Georgetown University found degree attainment went up almost 6% between 2010 and 2020 but the gap between white adults and Latino or Black adults getting those degrees widened slightly. Tony Carnevale, director of the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University, noted the lack of progress. .
Connecticut organizations are working to protect homeless people from winter s biting chill. This time of year poses severe health challenges for homeless people like fatal cases of hypothermia and frostbite. Warming shelters have been established for those who need them, though it can sometimes result in the spread of illnesses like the flu or COVID-19. .