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Michigan House OKs welfare benefits drug screening
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan House approved legislation Wednesday that would require some people to pass drug tests and ensure that their children don't miss too many days of school in order to receive welfare benefits....
Tags: Politics, Randy Richardville, Substance Abuse, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice
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ACLU suit accuses Lake schools of breaking federal law over gay-straight club
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the Lake County School Board on Wednesday, accusing school leaders of violating a federal law prohibiting schools from discriminating against student clubs. The suit was filed on behalf of a 14-year-...
Tags: Leesburg, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade not 'woman-centered'
Tribune reporterForty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion. Instead, the landmark decision gave...Tags: Bill Clinton, University of Chicago Law School, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Assembly OKs bill allowing transgender students in sports
SACRAMENTO — Schools would have to allow transgender students to participate on sports teams and use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, not their sex, under a measure passed by the California Assembly on Thursday. Advocates said...Tags: Tom Ammiano, Minority Groups, Students, Teaching and Learning, Social Issues
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Speaking limits ruled 'unconstitutional'
A section of a Costa Mesa law that limits what speakers can say at City Council meetings is unconstitutional, federal justices have ruled. The law's ban on "personal, impertinent, profane, insolent or slanderous remarks" during public comment periods...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration, Allan R. Mansoor
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Letters: A little more light on jails
Re "An insider bashes Baca," Editorial, May 2 We strongly agree with The Times that recent news about Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca's mismanagement of the jails should push the Board of Supervisors to hire an independent inspector general to...Tags: Politics, Elections, Alzheimer's Disease, Prisons, Lee Baca
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ACLU sues Grand Rapids, says police violate Constitution with longstanding trespass practices
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has sued Grand Rapids authorities, saying police in the western Michigan city routinely make unconstitutional arrests for trespassing on the property of businesses open to the public....Tags: Litigation, Trials, Business
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Lake School Board shouldn't have waited to be sued over gay-straight club
The School Board could have walked away with dignity and a reputation for fair dealing after the threat of a lawsuit to force the district to let a student form a gay-straight club at a Leesburg school. But, no. Leave it to the board to postpone the...Tags: Litigation, Trials, Elections, Politics, Minority Groups
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Here is the latest Michigan news from The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Hundreds of people have held May Day rallies in Detroit and Grand Rapids. They are calling for immigration law changes and other labor condition improvements on the international workers holiday. About 50 labor supporters also rallied...Tags: International Workers' Day
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Privacy groups file lawsuit over license plate scanners
Privacy rights groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County's two major police departments after the agencies refused to turn over information collected by electronic license plate scanners, the suit claimed. The Los Angeles Police...Tags: Trials, Electronics, Theft, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lake School Board resumes struggle over gay-straight club
Lake County School Board members met for about three hours Monday but made little progress in finalizing new rules limiting which student clubs would be allowed on campus next year — including a new gay-straight club. The discussion came just days...
Tags: Leesburg, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Privacy advocates sue LAPD, Sheriff's Department
Privacy rights groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County's two major law enforcement agencies after they refused to turn over information collected by electronic license plate scanners, the suit claimed. The Los Angeles Police...Tags: Trials, Electronics, Theft, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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