Showing posts with label Laws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laws. Show all posts
Thursday, May 7, 2020
5/7/2020: A Litany of Useless Laws Have Been Exposed by the Coronavirus - The odds on Joe Biden's pick as female vice-president candidate
Today's Article: Opinion: A Litany of Useless Laws Have Been Exposed by the Coronavirus
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
2/4/2020: Chipotle fined $1.3M over thousands of child-labor abuses in Massachusetts - Chipotle fined $1.3M over thousands of child-labor abuses in Massachusetts
Today's Article: Chipotle fined $1.3M over thousands of child-labor abuses in Massachusetts
From: NBC news
Readability Score: 11.5
Can teenagers be asked by employers to work past midnight during the school week? How many hours can a teen be asked to work during a week?
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Today's Alternate Article: To Study Mass Die-Offs, Scientists Dumped 15 Tons of Feral Pig Carcasses Into a Field
Readability Score: 9.5
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
12/10/2019: Woman arrested for not using métro escalator handrail awarded $20,000 - Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity
Today's Article: Woman arrested for not using métro escalator handrail awarded $20,000
From: Montreal Gazette
Readability Score: 11.5
Must all orders from police be obeyed, or only lawful ones?
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Today's Alternate Article: Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity
Readability Score: 8.4
From: Montreal Gazette
Readability Score: 11.5
https://www.izzit.org/events/
Readability Score: 8.4
Monday, October 7, 2019
10/7/2019: Organized Retail Theft Rises; Cops Blame Prop 47, Safe Neighborhoods Law - SpaceX's New Starship, Designed to Fly to the Moon, Mars and Beyond
Today's Article: Organized Retail Theft Rises; Cops Blame Prop 47, Safe Neighborhoods Law
From: CBS
Readability Score: 9.5
How do changes in laws incentivize human behavior? Does leniency actually encourage crime or discourage it?
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Today's Alternate Article: SpaceX's New Starship, Designed to Fly to the Moon, Mars and Beyond
Readability Score: 9.3
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
6/5/2019: Never-ending reading: Oregon GOP tries to tie up Legislature - Ice Cream Economics
Today's Article: Never-ending reading: Oregon GOP tries to tie up Legislature
From: AP News
Readability Score: 10.3
The Oregon State Legislature is dominated by Democrats. Republicans, however, are finding ways to assert themselves. One way is to slow down votes by holding to the constitutional (state) duty to read aloud every law completely before a vote can be taken. They say it's the best way to protect their constituents' values from being undermined by Democrat laws. Is this a good idea? Read more and consider the whole picture.
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Today's Alternate Article: Ice Cream Economics
Readability Score: 8.5
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
10/17/2018: Seattle program that gives drug users a pass instead of prison spreading across U.S. - Everyday Behavioral Economics
Today's Article: Seattle program that gives drug users a pass instead of prison spreading across U.S.
From: FOX News
Readability Score: 10.1
In Seattle, people caught with less than a gram of drugs, even heroin, may get treatment or help instead of jail. What's driving this new program? Is it a good idea? How can we reduce drug use and crime?
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Today's Alternate Article: econlife: Everyday Behavioral Economics
Readability Score: 7.1
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