Mansur Shaheen | February 26, 2021
Identical bills filed in Florida would prohibit the practice of "disability abortion". If the bills go through, a doctor who performs or…
HARTFORD, Conn. - Victoria Mitchell wishes the police had a complete picture of her son's struggles with mental illness and reacted differently before an officer shot him dead in Ansonia, Connecticut last year.Her son Michael Gregory was…
Both state and Commonwealth laws require schools to make "reasonable adjustments" to accommodate disabled students.However, a 2018 study by the Castan Center for Human Rights Law at Monash University found that 15 percent of families…
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Senate Passes McClellan's Law Reforming Criminal Justice System for Virginians with Mental / Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness
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The committee is deleting a "historic" law on police reform. The Holcomb administration unveils the governor's proposal for the state budget. A guarantee for education funding is moving in both chambers.Here's what you might…
Massachusetts lawmakers returned to the drawing board after Governor Charlie Baker rejected a provision restricting facial recognition in most areas of state government, revealing changes regulating police use of the technology.In the most…