Author: Ethan Johnson

A reasonable accommodation hearing and regular meeting of the City Commission are scheduled for Wednesday. Regular City Committee Meeting consent agenda Agree – Resolved The change order for the Coral Gate Tank Restoration Project includes an additional scope of work and an additional amount of $145,000. Resolution: Add four seasonal part-time lifeguard positions. With the renovation of Calypso Cove and the addition of new water activities to the facility, there is an increased need to add additional station positions to the lifeguard rotation. The addition of this position will provide our residents and guests with a safer and more enjoyable…

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The Cap Times won 14 journalism excellence awards Friday in the annual review of Wisconsin newspapers, taking top honors for photography, opinion writing and reporting on health, environment and local government.At an awards ceremony Friday night at the Madison Concourse Hotel, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation announced the winners from among more than 2,000 entries submitted by more than 100 newspapers across the state.The Cap Times competed with the largest circulation newspapers in this category, winning seven first place awards, five second places, one third place, and one honorable mention.Wisconsin's entries were judged by newspaper reporters from Kentucky.photo director Lucy…

Written by Dennis Crouch Lindke v. Fried, 601 US ___ (2024) 22-611_ap6c. This recent Supreme Court decision addresses the question of when a public official's social media activity constitutes a state action for First Amendment claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983. I have been following this case as part of my work on internet and media law issues. The incident comes after James Freed, the City Manager of Port Huron, Michigan, used the forum to criticize Port Huron's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with comments on Freed's personal Facebook page. This happened after I deleted the Port Huron citizen (Kevin Lindke)…

(Editor’s note: Listen to a Just Security Podcast episode of the expert panel here and watch the panel discussion on Just Security’s YouTube channel here.)  Recently, public debates over the treatment of misinformation and disinformation related to issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and federal election administration have spilled over to the legal realm. One central question revolves around to what degree the government can persuade social media companies to alter their content moderation decisions and when those efforts become so coercive as to violate the First Amendment. The debate over what is often termed “jawboning” will come before the…

Over the past 14 years, the war on press freedom has been quietly escalating in the United States. This emerging conflict is fueled by increased unchecked government surveillance, post-truth intolerance of any criticism of media coverage, and prosecution of media sources and journalists. A publisher supported by politicians on both sides of the political spectrum. The U.S. campaign to quash leaks, which began with whistleblower prosecutions a decade ago, has expanded to the criminalization of standard investigative reporting. Although the United States still claims to be the global standard-bearer for free speech and press freedom, recent rifts expose impending disaster.…

Taipei, March 16 (CNA) Following the death of one person, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Friday that local governments must be involved in the care and evaluation process when children undergo adoption procedures in their area. It was announced that it would be done. The 0-year-old boy's death is believed to have been caused by abuse by his caregiver.In a meeting with the Taipei and New Taipei City governments and the Children's Welfare Federation Foundation (CWLF), which were involved in the incident, the ministry said local governments need to play a greater role in the foster care…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday will be weighing whether the government crossed a constitutional line into censorship of lawful speech when it pressured social media platforms to take down content it deemed misleading.The case poses a significant test of the First Amendment’s free speech protections in the digital age and stems from the Biden administration’s efforts to pressure social media platforms to remove content that it said spread falsehoods about the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 presidential election.  The Supreme Court is set to consider at what point the federal government’s attempts to protect against misinformation on social…

Government of Canada provides $6.7 million for improvements to Thunder Bay Port – Rail Government of Canada provides 6-7 million for Thunder Bay port improvements https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/canadian-government-provides-6-7-million-for-improvements-at-port-of-thunder-bay/ Government of Canada provides $6.7 million for improvements to Thunder Bay Port – Rail THUNDER BAY, ON — The Canadian government will provide up to C$6.7 million for two projects to increase production capacity at the Port of Thunder Bay, according to an announcement Friday. Up to C$3 million will be spent on the project to redevelop the existing depot at the port's Keefer Terminal and add heavy-duty track and switches. […]read more……

Go Nakamura/Reuters Former President Donald Trump visited the southern border with Texas Governor Greg Abbott on November 19 in Edinburg, Texas. Washington CNN — There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump's repeated claim that “Congo” emptied its prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the U.S. border as immigrants, but the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Republic of Congo Both governments deny President Trump's claims. That claim is completely false. “Everything he is saying is not true,” Democratic Republic of Congo spokesman Patrick Muyaya Katembwe told CNN in a text message on Thursday. Asked specifically…