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Sep 26, 2012 — Federal prosecutors and law enforcement are working to eliminate human trafficking. How that happens and how they help victims, from the sex trade to agricultural work, differs. Writer Noy Thrupkaew, WGBH reporter Phillip Martin and Amy Bennett Williams of The News-Press explain.
Jun 25, 2012 — The Supreme Court has overturned most of Arizona's restrictive immigration law, while upholding a key "show me your papers" provision. And it warned that it plans to construe that provision narrowly. The ruling was 5-3; Justice Elena Kagan recused herself from the Arizona case.
Jun 23, 2012 — Title IX, which became law 40 years ago, bans sex discrimination from educational programs and activities. Vocational courses that had barred girls — such as auto mechanics and carpentry — became available to everyone. But it's still hard to find girls willing to sign up for those classes.
Jun 22, 2012 — The court said only the state legislature could control the execution process. In 2009, the state allowed its department of corrections to make some choices about the process.
Jun 10, 2012 — The Supreme Court may issue a ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act as early as Monday. Guy Raz talks to NPR Health Policy Correspondent Julie Rovner about what will happen next if the court rules against the law. In Oregon, Rocky King, the state's health insurance exchange director, says the imminent decision keeps him up at night and historian Jeff Shesol explains why there hasn't been a ruling this important since the 1930s.
NY DA: Lopez conduct "alarming" but not a crime
May 16, 2013 — A New York prosecutor says he's found no crime after investigating sexual harassment allegations by female staff members of Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a Brooklyn Democrat.
But Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan said what he found was "alarming," and he admonished higher-level state officials who he said allowed Lopez's behavior through secret settlements and confidentiality.
Meanwhile, the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics found Lopez's actions violated the public trust. Go to full article
But Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan said what he found was "alarming," and he admonished higher-level state officials who he said allowed Lopez's behavior through secret settlements and confidentiality.
Meanwhile, the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics found Lopez's actions violated the public trust. Go to full article
Vermont lawmakers pass end-of life legislation
May 14, 2013 — Vermont lawmakers passed end-of life legislation last night. The House approved the Senate's new version of the bill, 75-65. The bill would allow doctors to give terminally ill patients who wish to end their lives medicine that hastens the dying process. Oregon, Washington, and Montana have similar laws.
The bill will now go to Governor Peter Shumlin's desk for his signature. He has said he supports the measure. Go to full article
The bill will now go to Governor Peter Shumlin's desk for his signature. He has said he supports the measure. Go to full article
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Officer-involved shooting in Winooski, VT
Apr 26, 2013 — An independent investigation is planned in Winooski, Vermont, after police there shot a man accused of trespassing. Go to full article
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Joining forces to stop North Country human trafficking
Apr 24, 2013 — Human trafficking is a growing problem across the country...including here in the North Country. Undocumented farmworkers can be threatened with deportation. Sex workers or... Go to full article
Senator, others indicted in wide ranging corruption scandal
Apr 03, 2013 — State Senator Malcolm Smith, a former Senate Majority Leader, has been arrested and indicted in a far reaching bribery and corruption scandal.
The corruption... Go to full article
The corruption... Go to full article
Alternatives to Incarceration: Back in the world
Rochester, NY, Mar 29, 2013 — Today, the final part in a series about society's efforts to turn away from long-term incarceration for... Go to full article
Alternatives to Incarceration: into Shock prison
Mar 28, 2013 — This week as part of our Prison Time Media Project, producer Natasha Haverty is looking at some of the... Go to full article
Alternatives to Incarceration: One man enters the system
Mar 27, 2013 — When Governor Nelson Rockefeller pushed through his landmark drug laws in New York forty years ago, he argued that any alternatives to his new tough on crime zero tolerance... Go to full article
Illegal guns tip line draws fire from legislators
Albany, NY, Mar 22, 2013 — UPDATE: Since broadcast of this story, NCPR has heard from Governor Cuomo's office, saying that the tipline was not created as a way to enforce the NY SAFE law. Here's a... Go to full article
Video: Gun law reactions at the NYS Arms Collectors Association gun show in Albany
Albany, NY, Jan 30, 2013 — Organizers of the New York State Arms Collectors Association annual gun show say they saw a slightly bigger crowd in 2013 in the wake of a new gun control law passed in New... Go to full article
