Swan's Picks

St. Cloud Times loses its last remaining reporter following Gannett cuts - Axios Twin Cities New Mexico asks court to overturn cities' abortion bans | Reuters What Will Happen to States if Debt Ceiling Isn’t Raised? (governing.com) Atlanta Suburbs Residents Want to Secede from New City of Mableton - Bloomberg Florida teachers forced to remove or cover up books to avoid felony charges | Florida | The Guardian COVID Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. The Kids Need Hel

It's the beginning of Spring Semester, and SLoGLaw wants to thank Sarah Swan for faithfully making these picks every week. We also want to acknowledge Sarah's new gig at Rutgers Law School. The picks are coming to you on a Monday, rather than the usual Friday placement. Why? Because Kathryn Randolph, our wonderful Fellow at SALPAL, which administers the Blog, has completed her time with us. It was Kathryn who made sure that the links worked each week, and brought the Picks t

San Jose Gun Insurance Law Going Into Effect – NBC Bay Area Brown forgives uncollected traffic fines to allow driver license reinstatement – Oregon Capital Chronicle D.C. home rule imperiled by Kevin McCarthy speaker fallout - Axios Washington D.C. After pandemic, mental health crisis challenges legislatures - Pluribus News Mayors Introduce Global Declaration for Democracy | Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation (gmfus.org) Jacksonville drops appeal of redistricting ruling,

Bogue Chitto community to gain access to running water for first time (montgomeryadvertiser.com) NYC Faces $300 Million Bill in Lawsuit Over Post-Bail Detention - Bloomberg Court sides with conservative group on All Lives Matter street mural | news - Indiana Public Media San Francisco Considers Allowing Use of Deadly Robots by Police - The New York Times (nytimes.com) NJ Moves to Require Some Insurance Companies to Cover Abortions - Bloomberg

City of Chester, Pennsylvania, Files For Chapter 9 Bankruptcy (bloomberglaw.com) Haywood voters elect unexperienced college student as new tax collector | News | themountaineer.com California homeowners pay for violations they didn’t commit – Orange County Register (ocregister.com) A quarter of local election officials received violent threats after 2020 election, survey finds – Oregon Capital Chronicle The People Fleeing Austin Because Texas Is Too Conservative (nymag.co

CVS, Walgreens Will Pay $10 Billion Total To Settle Opioid-Related Lawsuits - MedCity News KC pays millions for police shooting and public is shut out | The Kansas City Star An Arizona woman sues Bullhead City over her arrest for feeding the hungry : NPR Ducey, AG must get Saudi firm to pay for groundwater use (azcentral.com) Black residents in Corpus Christi file a civil rights complaint to stop Texas’ first desalination plant (click2houston.com) Tallahassee city leaders dou

Rural areas to get $759M in grants for high-speed internet (msn.com) Cities Weigh Value of AI-Powered Gunshot Detection Tech - Bloomberg In California Cities, a New Frontier for Public Financing of Elections | Bolts (boltsmag.org) Private Companies Helped Ruin Jackson’s Water (levernews.com) Black Families Fall Further Behind on Homeownership | The Pew Charitable Trusts (pewtrusts.org) Plus a bonus story: Secretaries of state warn 'independent state legislature theory' would

Judge Blocks Mississippi From Giving Private Schools $10 Million (mississippifreepress.org) Anger as DeSantis eases voting rules in Republican areas hit by hurricane | Ron DeSantis | The Guardian Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals | AP News Local Ballot Measures Underscore California’s Housing Crisis (governing.com) Minneapolis moves forward on community safety office after council's OK (startribune.com) Supreme Court case could help red states defund

New York City Wipes Out $200M Debt for Taxi Owners (governing.com) Investor Home Purchases and the Rising Threat to Owners and Renters - The New Localism 'Maternity care deserts' raise risks for women and babies, new report finds | CNN Visiting Michael Heizer’s ‘City,’ the Colossal Land Art Experiment in Nevada - Bloomberg The Supreme Court seems absolutely flummoxed by a high-stakes case about pigs (Vox.com)

Flint residents ‘disappointed and angry’ after dismissal of criminal water charges - mlive.com Climate change means California can't save every burned town - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) Philadelphia issues apology for Holmesburg Prison experiments (inquirer.com) Times Square Gun Ban, Other NY Restrictions Blocked by Judge (1) (bloomberglaw.com) Republicans' rhetoric about cities—“soaked in blood”! “Living the purge”!—has lost touch with reality. (slate.com) President Call

‘Black Tax’ Costs US Cities Millions to Borrow on Wall Street - Bloomberg Top State Judges Make a Rare Plea in a Momentous Supreme Court Election Case - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Cities can’t prohibit the homeless from using blankets or pillows on public property, court rules (sfchronicle.com) Mayor Breed to End Practice of Making Appointees Sign Undated Resignation Letters (sfstandard.com) For More Than 20 Guaranteed Income Projects, the Data Is In - Bloomberg

NYC Preps Inaugural ‘Social’ Bonds as Part of $1.4 Billion Debt Sale - Bloomberg Summit County court worker sues judge, deputies for attacking him while entering courthouse from employee entrance - cleveland.com Criminal investigation opened into Gov. DeSantis' migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard - CBS Miami (cbsnews.com) The long, hard struggle of Windsor Park | Las Vegas Review-Journal (reviewjournal.com) Former Mayors Call for US Cities to Fight Extremist Violence - B

Boil notice lifted for Jackson after nearly 7 weeks of water crisis, Mississippi officials announce (nbcnews.com) Michigan charter school spending questioned - Chalkbeat Detroit Gov. Ron DeSantis' Administration Tells Florida Town to Abandon Zoning Reform (reason.com) Chicago Looks to Boost Hiring for People Released From Prison - Bloomberg N.Y. State Vote Could Raise Pressure on Officials Over Hasidic Schools - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Public Libraries Face Thre

Murphy Says NYC Congestion Pricing Can’t Burden NJ Taxpayers - Bloomberg California Law to Cut Public Meeting Disruptions - Bloomberg Federal Monitor Investigating How Arsenic Got Into NYCHA’s Water - THE CITY 'It's a disgrace': West Baltimore residents demand action on contaminated water - CBS Baltimore (cbsnews.com) Teddy Bears and Racial Justice: How St. Louis Became a Laboratory for Social Work - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Michigan’s high court puts abortion quest

Durham’s unarmed first responders are making an impact, data shows :: WRAL.com Conservatives’ Federal Case Challenges Immigrant Voting — Using Ex-Council Members’ Own Words - THE CITY NYC's Rise of Low-Level Arrests Worry Critics of 'Broken Windows' Era - Bloomberg New 'Stability' Housing Vouchers for Homeless, At-Risk Families - Bloomberg Lakewood NJ cut down Town Square trees to deter homeless (app.com) Jackson water crisis deepens as state deploys National Guard (msn.

This Alabama city couldn’t fire cops who sent racist texts, so it disbanded the entire department - al.com Louisiana Delays Critical Flood Response Funds to New Orleans Over Abortion Politics (jezebel.com) Florida’s Bond Chief Sees Disney District Being Re-Established (DIS) - Bloomberg New Orleans short-term rental rule struck down by court (msn.com) Inside the Effort to Help Lowndes County's Water Issues | Time Texas trigger law making abortion a felony goes into effect

What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Do for State and Local Government? (governing.com) What Should Mayors Do After Mass Shootings? - Bloomberg Ten cities and towns are poised to ban fossil fuels from new buildings - The Boston Globe Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming - ABC News (go.com) Report: Rural Electric Cooperatives Lack Women, Minorities in Elected Positions | The Daily Yonder Ramsey County jail officers of color barred from guarding Derek Ch

Philadelphia police cancel 200 block parties for ‘criminal activity,’ frustrating residents - On top of Philly news (billypenn.com) Indiana officers suspended for arrest of possible candidate they thought was anti-cop - The Washington Post Op-Ed: Solve the insulin pricing problem by getting government into the business - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) How New York City Hopes to Win Its Long, Losing War on Trash - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Judge Says He Will Toss O

How Abortion Rights Supporters Won in Kansas - The New York Times (nytimes.com) DeSantis suspends Florida prosecutor for indicating he would not enforce restrictions on abortion, gender therapy (nbcnews.com) Pennsylvania County Could Divest From Wells Fargo Over Abortion - Bloomberg School districts facing 'crisis' teaching shortage - The Washington Post Upset over LGBTQ books, a Michigan town defunds its library in tax vote | Bridge Michigan Opinion | Alabama Takes From

Gavin Newsom signs California gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law - CNNPolitics Nearly half of Oregon’s inmate population included in first class action suit of its kind – Oregon Capital Chronicle Code Snitching: Nashvillians Are Weaponizing Metro Codes Against ‘Undesirable’ Neighbors | Cover Story | nashvillescene.com Ceremony marks official return of Bruce's Beach - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) A College Town Takes On Exclusionary Zoning - Bloomberg Over 2.5 m