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Police To Enforce Shelter-In-Place Orders This Weekend

Many police departments are saying they'll be enforcing shelter-in-place "rules" this weekend. Could you be stopped and questioned simply for being out of your home? Should you report people who are outdoors? Be sure to check local news sources; here's a sampling of what we found happening around the country ... Can You Be Arrested For Not Sheltering In Place? Local police departments warn to follow shelter-in-place order Mar 26, 2020 BRYAN, Tex. (KBTX) - Law enforcement is...

Asian Seafood Ban? COVID-19 Traced To Wuhan Fishmonger

"A lot of restaurants are feeling the pain of racism, where people are literally not patroning Chinese restaurants because of just straight up racism around the coronavirus." – U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Twitter, March 11, 2020 "As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian discrimination has followed closely behind, manifesting in plummeting sales at Chinese restaurants, near-deserted Chinatown districts and racist bullying against people perceived to be Chinese." – Natalie Escobar, NPR, March...

Gay Sex Ed Ban Tossed In Federal Court

S. Carolina law banning LGBTQ sex ed is unconstitutional, judge rules Under the 1988 law, public school teachers could be fired for discussing LGBTQ issues outside the context of sexually transmitted diseases. March 12, 2020 NBC News – A U.S. district judge in South Carolina overturned a decades-old state law Wednesday that prohibited discussion of LGBTQ issues in public school sex education classes. According to the ruling, the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th...

Biden Falsely Blames Trump For Rejecting Virus Test Kits

"Biden’s emphasis on WHO offering kits is simply wrong. We rate this claim Mostly False." – PolitiFact | Mar 16, 2020 | During Sunday night’s debate, while leveling criticism at President Donald Trump’s handling of the national response to the coronavirus pandemic, former Vice President Joe Biden said the Trump administration refused to get coronavirus testing kits from the World Health Organization. Biden said: “Look, the World Health Organization offered the testing kits that they have available and to...

Union Bosses Seek Control Over Food Safety Rules

Poultry and swine line speeds are both now federal cases By Dan Flynn on March 17, 2020 Food Safety News – For more than six weeks, a federal judge in Minnesota has been considering whether to dismiss a union challenge of USDA’s regulation of line speeds for swine slaughter. On the West Coast, in Northern California, a similar challenge to USDA’s regulation of line speeds for poultry won’t get an initial scheduling order until May. Department of Justice...

TX Wife-Killer Gets Stay Of Execution Due To COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The outbreak of the novel coronavirus prompted the top Texas appeals court on Monday to stay for 60 days the scheduled execution of a man condemned for killing his family. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected all grounds of John William Hummel's appeal but said it would postpone the scheduled Wednesday execution "in light of the current health crisis and the enormous resources needed to address the execution." Hummel, 44, was...

In Bible Belt, Marijuana Legalization Goes Up In Smoke

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Facing a potentially historic vote on whether to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky, Republican lawmaker John Schickel is conflicted. A retired law enforcement officer, Schickel once steadfastly opposed medical cannabis, but his stance has softened. Now he says he's approaching the question with an open mind. "One side of me says that with all the drug abuse we have right now, why are we opening up another avenue of abuse?" the state...

It Turns Out You Need Govt. Permission To Keep Your Own Med Files On Your Own Phone

New Federal Rules Will Finally Let Patients Store Medical Records On Smartphones March 9, 2020 Kaiser Health News and Fortune– Federal officials on Monday released groundbreaking rules that will let patients download their electronic health records and other health care data onto their smartphones. “Patients should have control of their records, period. Now that’s becoming a reality,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. “These rules are the start of a new chapter in how patients...

New Lettuce Rules: Feds Ignore The Cow In The Room

FDA leafy greens safety plan skimpy on details about feedlot contamination By Coral Beach on March 10, 2020 Top FDA administrators say the agency’s new plan for the safety of leafy greens specifically addresses problems, but a key part of the conversation is getting little more than lip service according to some observers. Vague references to vague actions planned regarding animal feedlots next to and near fresh produce fields are less than robust say leaders from Consumer Reports and Food...

‘Thank You, RBG’ | Tributes Pour In For Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 87 on the Ides of March | Only three other justices in history were older PLUS: Aging Ginsburg dominates in abortion case March 6, 2020 Glamour – We asked nine former clerks to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to reflect on how other women have lifted them up—mentored them, advised them, represented them, and above all showed them what was possible. It is one of the most coveted jobs not just in the world of law,...

Maine Voters Reject Anti-Vax Referendum

Mar 3, 2020 Fosters – With the backdrop of the coronavirus spreading around the world, Mainers on Tuesday rejected an attempt to nullify the elimination of religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations in a campaign that focused on community versus individual rights. Every major medical organization in Maine supported the state law approved last year that reduces vaccine opt-outs at a time when more parents are forgoing vaccines for their children. Groups seeking to restore philosophical...

“Voluntary Quarantines” Are Bogus; Exposed Health Worker Parties On

Hours after we said that a "voluntary quarantine" is not a quarantine at all, an infected healthcare worker wants to party | N.H. coronavirus patient breaks isolation, potentially exposing others Most states have laws against breaking an isolation order. March 3, 2020 NBC News – The first coronavirus patient in New Hampshire — an employee of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — defied instructions from public health officials to stay away from other people. In a statement, the state Department of...

Panel Approves Bill To Begin Sex Ed In Kindergarten

Sex ed mandate passes House committee Feb 27, 2020 The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – By one vote, a House committee on Thursday approved a bill to require public school districts in the state of Washington to teach comprehensive sexual health education to K-12 students beginning with the 2022-23 school year. SB 5395 would be phased in over two years, with the topic taught to students in grades six through 12 beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and...

Raw Milk? Or Raw Deal? State May Okay Unpasteurized Milk Sales With Labels

Legislators approve on-the-farm raw milk sales with warning labels By Dan Flynn on February 28, 2020 Food Safety News – The Kansas Senate, on a 37-3 vote, has sent the House a bill permitting on-the-farm sales of raw milk with the requirement it is sold with a warning label because the product is not pasteurized. it is expected to pass the House and remove for this year the possibility that Kansas would ban raw milk sales entirely. The state has...

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