PLATTSBURGH — In March 2024, State University of New York (SUNY) Plattsburgh became the first university to receive Clinton County Health Department’s (CCHD) Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation Friendly Workplace designation. SUNY Plattsburgh is one of the region’s largest employers and is home to over 4,400 students. In June 2023, and again on June 19, 2024, […]
A week before condemned inmate David Hosier was put to death by lethal injection, the Missouri Department of Corrections agreed to make several accommodations at his execution, including providing a local anesthetic and sedative, to satisfy his legal team and avoid lawsuits that could tie up the process, according to a source familiar with the […]
DELHI TWP. — A Holt Junior High School teacher is suing her school district and local officials, saying the district has ignored her requests for accommodations that would ease her anxiety and PTSD concerning school safety amid mass shootings in schools. The federal lawsuit filed earlier this month, on April 9, is at least the […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law. The lawsuit led by Tennessee and Arkansas comes since finalized federal regulations were published April […]
MASON — A former Ingham County Health Department employee is claiming in a federal lawsuit that her supervisors described her using racial slurs, including calling her “Aunt Jemima,” and that her complaints to elected officials were not heeded. Krystal Davis-Dunn, who also claims she was not provided disability accommodations, filed a federal lawsuit against Ingham […]