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ACLU sues to block law that might limit college professors' free speech rights
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoFollow her on Twitter: @CarolineB_Indy. Caroline’s reporting is made possible by Report for America and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Report for America is a ...
New ACLU Florida leader Bacardi Jackson points to 'urgency of now'
WLRN Miami· 5 hours agoSaying the country is at a “deeply, deeply disturbing” juncture, Bacardi Jackson — a veteran...
Maine supreme court upholds order calling for trial over indigent defense crisis
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoMay 13—Maine's highest court has denied the state's attempt to halt an upcoming trial that will focus on Maine's inability to find enough attorneys to represent hundreds of low-income criminal ...
Man suspected of killing mom, sisters in Mississippi is shot, killed by police in Arizona
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 6 hours agoA Mississippi man who was a suspect in a triple shooting that left his mother and two sisters dead...
Advocates sue Black Hawk County over jail inmate fees spent for ice cream, cotton candy
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoBlack Hawk County collects hundreds of thousands of dollars per year from jail inmates to pay for...
Crystal Welch, MFP Board Vice President, Killed in Triple Homicide
Mississippi Free Press· 21 hours agoMississippi Free Press Board of Directors Vice President Crystal Lynn Welch, a 42-year-old...
An Iowa sheriff's department spent some of its $600K income from jail fees on a cotton-candy machine...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAny funds on their person were seized and applied to the debt. The suit, initiated by the American ...
More than 100 groups spent over $20k lobbying the Kentucky legislature. Who are they?
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Finance· 5 days ago/Executive Assn.: $21,777.77 CRH Americas: $21,750.00 Ford Motor Company: $21,742.61 Everytown for...
Jail charges a daily fee, then uses cash to rent cotton candy machine, Iowa suit says
The Kansas City Star· 2 hours agoAs inmates process out of Black Hawk County Jail in Iowa, they’re handed a bill for their stay. Rather than covering the costs associated with running a jail, however, the American& ...
Despite filing appeal, Miami says it could still settle racial gerrymandering lawsuit
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAfter that vote, Pardo told the Herald he was “disappointed” in his colleagues’ decision to defer,...