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Are Body-Worn Cameras Effective?

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law enforcement agencies and often play a central role in high-profile police killings. As of 2016, about 47 percent of the country’s 15,328 general-purpose law enforcement agencies had bought the cameras, according to a 2018 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the most recent study measuring nationwide usage.

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States Most Dependent on Gun Industry Also Report High Firearm Mortality 

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Hawaii ranked among the lowest in both firearm mortality and in gun dependency, along with Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York. Hawaii ranked among the lowest in both firearm mortality and in gun dependency, along with Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York. There are some notable exceptions.

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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know

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In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 7 – Heidi Alexander

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As the first Director of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Advisory Committee on Professionalism, and Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Practice Management Program , Heidi can make a better case than anyone for why management of a successful practice is directly tied to the wellbeing of the lawyers running that practice.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirmed Dismissal of Divestment Action Against Harvard.

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Can Civilians ‘Reimagine Safety’ on Troubled Transit Systems?

The Crime Report

Safety issues have long plagued transit agencies such as San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit District. While the community ambassadors are still accompanied by police, the program is part of a shift in many urban transit agencies’ approach to passenger safety. BART Ambassadors patrolling a train. Photo courtesy BART).

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. Circuit Vacated EPA’s Administrative Stay of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities. A divided D.C. State Air Resources Board , No.

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