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18 Dec 2008, 9:24 pm
The State of Florida is set to receive $587,000 as part of a multi-state settlement with toy maker Mattel Inc. and its subsidiary Fisher-Price Inc. after allegedly producing toys with unacceptably high levels of lead paint. [read post]
5 Oct 2008, 9:10 am
Operated by the Ann Storck Center and funded in part by the state and federal governments, residents are now worried about the 10-year-old home's future as Florida undergoes severe budget cuts.Jim McGuire, the center's executive director, said the deficit this year for Gizmo House and four other homes his group operates will be at least $600,000, and he estimates he will need to find an additional $1.6 million to run the homes for 2008-2009.He's not sure how that… [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 8:56 pm
Florida (1996), the Secretary of the Interior may establish procedures for Indian gaming if a state declines to enter a compact with the Tribe and invokes immunity from suit under the Eleventh Amendment. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 5:10 pm
Welfare, No. 06-4628 In an employment-discrimination suit against a state agency, denial of a motion to dismiss is reversed where: 1) by voluntarily removing the matter from state to federal court, the state had waived its Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in a federal forum; but 2) a removing state retains all defenses it would have enjoyed had the matter been litigated in state court, including immunity from liability. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 9:02 pm
 The federal agencies designed to ensure highway safety are failing in that job. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 2:55 pm
  Representative Keiser spoke at length about the NCOIL Model Act Regarding Use of Credit Information in Personal Insurance (the “Model Act”), which is now used in 26 states including Florida, New York, and Texas. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 3:29 am
------------------------"The United States incarcerates more people than any country in the world," said the Pew Center on the States, in a report released February 28, 2008, One in 100: Behind Bars In America 2008. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 7:40 am
Attempts to Regulate Payday Lenders Currently, garnishment of social security benefits is illegal and all active-duty military families are protected by the Military Lending Act signed into law on October 2006 - capping interest rates at 36% on all small loans, including payday loans, for all military families.[43] Small loans are governed by state law, and many states have implemented restrictions on payday lenders.[44] For example, many state have placed restrictions… [read post]
19 Dec 2007, 10:14 am
Ann., Title XLVI, Chpt. 825, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Persons and Disabled AdultsFla. [read post]
14 Nov 2007, 7:16 am
In fact, 65% of the people UCP affiliates serve have a disability other than cerebral palsy. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 7:50 am
Cystic Fibrosis Chapter 6917 Arlington Road, Suite 308 Bethesda, MD 20814 Phone: (301) 657-8444; (877) 657-8444 (Toll Free) Fax: (301) 652-9571 E-mail: metro-dc@cff.org Web: http://www.cff.orgmetrodc.htm Developmental Disabilities State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council MD Developmental Disabilities Council 300 West Lexington Street, Box 10 Baltimore, MD 21201-2323 Phone: (410) 333-3688 (V/TTY); (800) 305-6441 (Toll Free in MD only) E-mail:… [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 8:11 am
Washington, DC 20032 Phone: (202) 279-6085 Web: http://www.dc.gov/agencies Down Syndrome D.C. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 7:56 am
Lakewood (Denver area) Kay Michaelson Phone: (303) 697-8732 ADHD Connections of Douglas County, Colorado Phone: (303) 302-3306 E-mail: bobbi_neiss@yahoo.com Web: http://www.ADHDconnection.org Autism Autism Society of America Colorado Chapter 701 South Logan, Suite 103 Denver, CO 80209 Phone: (720) 214-0794 E-mail: asc@autismcolorado.org Web: http://www.autismcolorado.org Autism Education Action Group Michelle Linn Co-Founder Colorado Springs, CO Phone: (719) 590-7462 Brain Injury Brain… [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 9:55 am
Andy Imparato, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): Outlined AAPD's strategy to: Unite disabled persons as a political block and business market; Change the social security statutory definition of "disability": From "unable to work" to Address "barriers to work" for disabled persons; Create a disabled middle class - transitioning the disabled from… [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 11:24 am
The appeal is from a California Court of Appeals decision (the state supreme court refused the case) in 2006 that Ferrer did not have to arbitrate the dispute under an arbitration clause in the contract because the California Talent Agency Act gives the state labor commissioner exclusive original jurisdictioneen to determine the legality of contracts between "artists" and their agents. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 2:47 am
Ct. 649 (2006), denial of habeas petition by district court is affirmed where the state courts did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law. [read post]
21 May 2007, 8:28 am
According to the NHTSA, 31,415 car occupants died in the United States in 2005 in car accidents. [read post]