Morning Docket: 03.02.22

* Come back when you’re older, spud: Bill to make tobacco purchasing age 21 passed Idaho’s Senate. [Daily News] * Not enough of a good thing: a spike in need for legal help fighting evictions is hurting legal services. [The Real Deal] * New Florida law makes panhandling a fineable offense. No clue how the state is gonna collect on that ticket. [FOX] * Mask off: mask mandates got banned in Virginia schools. We’re like 5 minutes away from hand sanitizer being contraband. [WRIC] * Deep rooted: Idaho wants to use contract to make sure that its Med students actually practice there once they earn their honorifics. [Idaho Capital Sun]

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* Come back when you’re older, spud: Bill to make tobacco purchasing age 21 passed Idaho’s Senate. [Daily News]

* Not enough of a good thing: a spike in need for legal help fighting evictions is hurting legal services. [The Real Deal]

* New Florida law makes panhandling a fineable offense. No clue how the state is gonna collect on that ticket. [FOX]

* Mask off: mask mandates got banned in Virginia schools. We’re like 5 minutes away from hand sanitizer being contraband. [WRIC]

* Deep rooted: Idaho wants to use contract to make sure that its Med students actually practice there once they earn their honorifics. [Idaho Capital Sun]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.