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19 Apr 2007, 4:12 am
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill - report stage David Maclean's Private Members Bill will receive its report stage in the House of Commons tomorrow. [read post]
1 May 2012, 7:39 am
Civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will receive the nation's highest civilian honor when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring, the White House announced Thursday. [read post]
3 Nov 2006, 7:11 am
House Lords Qs on Frontier econonics report House of Lords Written Answers on 2 Nov 2006 taken from theyworkforyou.com Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat) Hansard source asked Her Majesty's Government: What were their criteria in choosing Frontier Economics Limited to review the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. [read post]
17 May 2014, 8:36 am
--Returning to public housing. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 11:47 am
News release10 December 2008Research published today [10 December 2008] by the Scottish Information Commissioner reveals that over two thirds of the Scottish population favour extending Scotland's freedom of information (FOI) laws to cover organisations other than public authorities, such as housing associations and privately run prisons.The research, which was undertaken by Progressive Scottish Opinion as part of the Commissioner's annual public awareness survey, found… [read post]
15 Jan 2007, 4:06 am
Freedom of Information Bill - 2nd readingThe following private members bill will have its 2nd reading in the HoC on the 19th January.Freedom of Information (amendment)David Maclean presented a Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to exempt from its provisions the House of Commons and House of Lords and correspondence between Members of Parliament and public authorities: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time on… [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 1:14 am
“The steady expansion of the ’surveillance society’ risks undermining fundamental freedoms including the right to privacy, according to a House of Lords report published today. [read post]
25 Nov 2018, 8:00 am
Wall Street Journal op-ed: Stop the Tax on Houses of Worship, by Russell Moore (Southern Baptist Convention): A little-noticed provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 now looms over faith communities in America, raising serious questions about religious freedom and the First Amendment. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 6:45 am
Americans will collectively spend more on taxes in 2018 than they will on food, clothing, and housing combined. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 12:42 pm
The White House announced today that it would publicly release records of White House visitors each month. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 3:59 pm
According to Hudson, this survey describes and analyzes over 100 countries and territories, especially those where religious freedom is most violated.Some of the statistics in the survey can be found here:Country Religious Freedom Scores Compared to Freedom House Rankings of Political Rights and Civil LibertiesGrim & Finke Scores for Government Regulation of Religion (GRI), Government Favoritism of Religion (GFI), and Social Regulation of Religion… [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 9:06 pm
C5 (UK) will be holding its 10th International Forum on Freedom to Operate on May 15-16, 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany. [read post]
6 Feb 2024, 5:36 pm
House Committee on Education and the Workforce asking the Council to investigate the Stanford Law School's compliance with Standard 405(b)….The post ABA Adopts New Academic Freedom / Freedom of Expression Requirement for Law School Accreditation appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 6:18 am
[JURIST] Freedom House [advocacy website], an "independent watchdog organization," released its 2017 Freedom in the World report [PDF], listing North Korea as one of the least-free nations in the world. [read post]
23 May 2019, 3:21 pm
“In 2018, Freedom in the World recorded the 13th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. [read post]
1 Apr 2019, 12:12 pm
Julian Castro urges Congress to subject itself to the Freedom of Information ActBy Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, Apr. 1, 2019Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Julian Castro on Monday called on Congress not to shield itself from large swathes of the Freedom of Information Act.Castro, the former Obama administration housing secretary and mayor of San Antonio, Texas, made the comments at the We the People Membership Summit, an event held in Washington, D.C., for… [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 10:23 am
The following was sent to Representative Ken Paxton, a leading contender for election as Speaker of the Texas House.-------- Original Message --------I have several questions about your Texas Health Freedom Act, which are interleaved in your message below.On 11/19/2010 06:07 PM, Representative Ken Paxton wrote: Protecting Patients in Texas with theTexas Health Freedom Act Last March, when Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known… [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 11:58 am
Phil Bryant signed into law House Bill 1523, a controversial “religious freedom” bill, which says that the state government cannot punish public employees, social service providers and businesses that refuse to provide services to people because of a religious opposition. [read post]
14 Feb 2015, 5:18 pm
Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice held a hearing titled Oversight of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Religious Land Use and Instituionalized Persons Act. [read post]
30 Jan 2023, 6:45 am
Bankman-Fried’s Bail Release Differs from the Norm Outlined in FCJC ‘Freedom Denied’ Report qbaron Mon, 01/30/2023 - 08:45 Read more about Bankman-Fried’s Bail Release Differs from the Norm Outlined in FCJC ‘Freedom Denied’ Report Los Angeles Times Kiera Feldman Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents used their house to bail him out. [read post]
