Jun 6, 2013

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Study shows current laws don't prevent Sub-Saharan 'land grabbing'
Phys.Org
(Phys.org) —Sub-Saharan Africa has foreign investors flocking to buy its fertile land. Sometimes referred to as "land grabbing," the large-scale buying or leasing of large tracts of land in developing countries shifts indigenous, or customary, land ...
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ACLU study finds states spend billions enforcing marijuana laws
Examiner.com
It's big juicy and full of excess fat, no it's not the latest monstrosity burger from Mickey D's, it is the $3.6 billion states spent to enforce marijuana possession laws in 2010, according to a new study by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Health chief defends law study leave
RTHK
The Health Secretary, Ko Wing-man, has defended a decision to give an assistant health director fully-paid leave to study for a year to be a barrister. Questions have been asked if this is a good use of public money. Dr Ko conceded that health ...
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OSU study: Let's reward renewable-friendly utilities
Sustainable Business Oregon
The study, by assistant professor Inara Scott, also recommends that reforms are needed to make energy efficiency as attractive as renewables. Scott's study, published in the most recent edition of Environmental Law, pores through key differences ...
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'Can You Make a Living After Studying English? Sure You Can'
Wall Street Journal
Why study the humanities? For readers of The Wall Street Journal, here are two economic arguments. First, there is the law of supply and demand. Blanket recommendations that college students study a STEM field are obviously self-defeating. If every ...
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Right-Wing Media Find Another Flawed Immigration Study To Highlight
Media Matters for America (blog)
Right-wing media outlets are hyping a new study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) -- a Southern Poverty Law Center-labeled nativist organization -- which claims that the Senate's immigration bill would double the number of guest workers ...
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EU experts call for tightening of food laws in Vanuatu
Radio New Zealand International
This is one outcome of a six-week study conducted by an EU team, which also found that the poor quality of some foreign food is to blame for the surge in non-communicable disease in Vanuatu. Our Port Vila correspondent, Hilaire Bule, spoke with one of ...
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AL. Gov. signs Medicaid bill into law, possible expansions in future
WTVM
A new study reveals just what the state of Alabama stands to lost by not expanding the Medicaid program under Obamacare. The 14 states that have refused to expand Medicaid under the federal healthcare law could lose $8.4 billion in federal money.
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Study: Blacks busted for pot more
The Keene Sentinel
The ACLU study estimates that combined, U.S. states spent over $3.6 billion enforcing marijuana possession laws in 2010, and there was one marijuana arrest every 37 seconds. According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy ...
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Chinese Judges Visit Emory To Study US Legal System
Daily Report (registration)
Emory University is welcoming 29 presiding and assistant judges from throughout China for a month of studying the U.S. legal system, including constitutional and criminal law, the rules of evidence and the role of courts and judges in shaping the rule ...
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The Business of Standing in Line
Truthdig
By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law. Eric Hopkins paced up and down a hallway in the Dirksen Senate Office Building two weeks ago in front of 25 people who were standing in line for a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, ...
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Oklahoma agency launches state employee pay study
Tulsa World
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a highly touted lawsuit reform law passed in 2009, calling it logrolling. OKLAHOMA CITY — A state agency is beginning a study on the pay of state ... The study is being conducted by OMES' Human Capital ...
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Time for a Raise in the Minimum Wage
Truthdig
The International Human Rights Clinic at New York University's School of Law has just released a new study, "Nourishing Change: Fulfilling the Right to Food in the United States." They report that 50 million individuals—that's one in six Americans ...
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The Race for What's Left
Truthdig
NEW! * Plenty Of Surprises As World Warms By Tim Radford, Climate News Network. * NEW! * The Business of Standing in Line By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law. * NEW! * Time for a Raise in the Minimum Wage By Amy Goodman ...
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Why the minimum wage is a gender issue
The Week Magazine
tates with higher minimum wages typically have lower gender wage gaps and vice versa, according to a new study released Wednesday by the National Women's Law Center. Using Census data, the NWLC found that of the 10 states — including Washington, ...
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Study: Blacks targeted for pot busts in 12 Texas locales
Austin American-Statesman
The study by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas identified the jurisdictions mainly concentrated in East Texas as an example of racism in enforcement of pot laws. ACLU officials on Thursday were sending letters to the law enforcement ...
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Study: States could lose billions by not expanding Medicaid
WSFA
The study also pointed out that all 50 states have taxpayers whose contributions to the federal government will go toward implementing the federal healthcare law. Even Gov. Bentley admitted in an April 2013 interview that Alabama was going to foot the ...
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Racing and Gaming Commission seeks new gambling market study
Radio Iowa
Lamberti says the studies will give them information in two areas in deciding on whether to issue new licenses. "When you look at the law and the way the regulations are written, with respect to new applications, one of the factors is the impact on ...
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Washington, D.C., Building Height: The D.C. Skyline Should Look Like Manhattan's
PolicyMic
A century-old Washington, D.C. law may be in its twilight hours. This September, a National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) study on the archaic Height of Buildings Act of 1910 is ... While the study arose over the need to generate more tax revenue ...
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Study: Blacks More Likely to be Arrested for Marijuana Possession
Patch.com
The report, entitled "The War on Marijuana in Black and White", was released Tuesday and focused on law enforcement records across the country. Among the report's findings, according to the ACLU, are that there were 8 million marijuana arrests in the ...
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Rise in Motorcycle Injuries from Weakened Laws Wins Comment from Attorney ...
EIN News (press release)
But according to a study by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute there was "a significant increase in motorcyclists involved in crashes who weren't wearing helmets after the law changed." All motorcyclists are required to wear ...
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ACLU calls for the legalization of marijuana
ksl.com
In a new study released Tuesday, the ACLU found that law enforcement was using billions in taxpayer money to combat marijuana. In 2010 alone, the report — which was based on data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program and the U.S. Census ...
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Attention Freelancers: Health Insurers Will Be Calling Soon
Businessweek
Since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2009, much attention has been paid to the small business owners who will be required to provide coverage for employees starting in 2014, when the main provisions of the law take effect. If a study released by ...
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Case study law - University of Washington
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UGA study shows current laws don't prevent Sub-Saharan 'land ...
Athens, Ga. - Sub-Saharan Africa has foreign investors flocking to buy its fertile land. Sometimes referred to as "land grabbing," the large-scale buying or leasing  ...
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