NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Last November, local leaders stood beside President Biden as he signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. Known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), this legislation kicked off a five-year race to get federal infrastructure funds out to local communities.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The law prohibits ambulance companies from balance billing patients, or charging them for any unpaid costs after insurance. Patients can expect to save an average of nearly $1,100 per emergency ambulance ride, experts say.

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GovPilot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Back in June 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill 1145 into law. This bill requires local governments in the Garden state to leverage a digital platform for all construction related applications and permits.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the FBI provides security guidance to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies accessing criminal justice information currently or previously managed by the bureau.

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Park Leaders

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This episode Jody welcomes guest Daniel Selmi to discuss the rise of environmental law. Resources www.parkleaders.com [link] Facebook – [link] The post The Rise of Environmental Law appeared first on Park Leaders.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Law enforcement agencies can use this hyper-connected environment to bridge previously isolated data siloes and make better-informed decisions to improve emergency response and citizen services. Addressing interoperability needs in law enforcement to help support civilians. Next steps for law enforcement agencies.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), officially known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), contains numerous grant opportunities for local governments for energy projects, providing funding nationwide for clean energy, new energy infrastructure and much-needed upgrades.

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Super Library Marketing

JUNE 12, 2023

Now Renee gets to spend every day surrounded by books (and other great services, of course) in her role as Library Education and Communications Coordinator for the Law Library Victoria. Their physical and digital collections are made up of legal databases, textbooks, legislation, journals, law reports, and research tools.

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FedHeads

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Department of Transportation's got a lot on its plate with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the understatement of the year. FedHeads, including guest host Guidehouse’s Director Donna Roy, heard from Keith Benjamin about efforts to effectively implement the law in a way that helps traditionally underserved communities. Saying U.S.

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The City Fix

MAY 6, 2022

President Biden has touted the potential climate benefits of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which makes historic investments in transportation, the country’s largest and fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. But while the bill’s investments could significantly lower transportation emissions, those reductions are not.

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zencity

JULY 13, 2023

Executive Summary The US Department of Justice (DOJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium (CJTEC) this week published a landmark report titled “A Landscape Report on Measuring Community Sentiment and Perceptions of Safety and Law Enforcement Performance.”

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 12, 2022

We're focusing on this today, thanks to a powerful new comptroller's review in New Jersey that points to the municipalities in that state's failure to comply with laws pertaining to leave, "leading to both actual waste and abuse of public funds, as well as substantial future liabilities for these municipalities.”.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

APRIL 13, 2022

According to the Ninth Circuit in Bonta , California law allows owners of large-capacity magazines to modify them to accept 10 rounds or fewer. 3d 1131 (S.D. Owners also can sell their magazines to firearm dealers or remove them from the state. It observed that 10 sister circuits have adopted a substantially similar two-step test.

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ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Thank goodness law and policy guides our institutional tradition in transitioning leadership. I saw similar personal hardship when entire industries were outlawed after the environmental laws of the 1970s, leaving families poor, homeless and broken. Now more than ever, it is time for civil servants to exercise the “civil” in our title.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

‘Keyboarding’ pushed cursive out of favor, but some lawmakers miss the script.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A clear record helps people seeking employment, housing and education.

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GovPilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The New Jersey state legislature recently took action to pass NJ law S1368, which requires all business and multifamily rental unit owners to maintain and show proof of certain levels of liability insurance.

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GovPilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

When it comes to keeping your community safe and functional, local law enforcement plays an integral role. From directing traffic during a power outage to responding to emergency situations, the local police handle it all.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 17, 2022

Eisenberg , associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, discusses the unique challenges and approaches to addressing vacancy in rural communities. The post Approaches to Rural Property Vacancy in Law and Policy appeared first on Center for Community Progress. In this chapter, Ann M.

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GCN

AUGUST 9, 2022

Oblique or missing references to standards and codes specified by law make it difficult for judges, lawyers and the general public to comply with regulations.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), officially known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provides significant funding for improving the nation’s drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. The law delivers $50 billion to the U.S.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Some places see promise in areas allowing visitors to shop, sip and stroll.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Historical background has always played an important role in the development of case law under the U.S. The case law that has developed under the Second Amendment has largely focused on issues arising in the context of a state's right to raise and maintain a militia, with no U.S. Constitution. 3, updated Nov.

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Next City

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Advocates say the case shows how law enforcement are unprepared to deal with the crisis of Indigenous disappearances in urban areas. When an Indigenous girl disappeared near Seattle days after the Missing Indigenous Person Alert went into effect, local police decided not to issue an alert.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

New York’s sweeping 2020 law sought to accelerate pre-trial processes with technology upgrades. But the state’s experience offers lessons for other jurisdictions undertaking similar efforts to modernize the justice system.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A new ranking looks at how well states are directing money from the infrastructure law to improve equity and climate outcomes in their transportation networks.

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GCN

AUGUST 18, 2022

A decentralized internet is an opportunity for criminals and terrorists to exploit an unregulated, anonymous and decentralized landscape.

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The CIO Council

OCTOBER 19, 2022

After so many “no’s” and a hunger for an opportunity to enter a technology role, I took a leap of faith and left law enforcement to work as an Information Technology Student Trainee for the Bureau of Prisons, a term-limited, one-year appointment. Shortly after that, I enrolled in school to complete my Master’s in Cybersecurity.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Co-Authored with: Ndemazea Fonkem, Federal Advocacy Intern at the National League of Cities As we close out the second of five years of historic infrastructure grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, there is still time for cities, towns and villages to bring an infrastructure grant home.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Law enforcement agencies across the country are realizing the benefits of access to shared video streams from the private sector. While public-private partnerships are on the rise, it’s also imperative for law enforcement to leverage the shared use…

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GCN

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Combining decision intelligence methodologies with big data, AI and machine learning can help analysts make sense of data and analytics insights.

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GCN

JULY 6, 2023

The National League of Cities takes a look at how municipalities can expand broadband even when state authority may limit their ability to do so.

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GCN

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Oklahoma law enforcement officers say the iPads offer telehealth services to connect distressed individuals with mental health professionals, reducing the number of hospitalizations and calls to 911 or 988.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

MARCH 18, 2022

In short, “the law does not require the officer to wait until the approaching animal is within biting distance or is leaping at him before taking protective action.” Kootenai County , No. 08-CV-294-N-EJL, 2009 WL 3823106 (D. 12, 2009); Dziekan v. Gaynor , 376 F. 2005); Warboys v. Proulx , 303 F. 2d 111 113 (D.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This week, the National League of Cities (NLC) celebrated the second anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), officially known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which has stepped up a federal-local partnership on rebuilding America’s infrastructure.

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The Market Urbanism Report

DECEMBER 18, 2022

When government actions have unintended consequences.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Under Minnesota law, the party challenging the constitutionality of legislation must meet the very heavy burden of demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that the legislation is unconstitutional. The action succeeded before a trial court, but that decision was reversed by Minnesota's Court of Appeals. Fletcher Props., 2d 410 (Minn.

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