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behind bars and help them reintegrate into society in
the process. Kawasaki’s bill is also fiscally responsible,
since it would preclude exonerees from joining a civil
suit against the state. As Rep. Kawasaki noted, “the
average civil award is about $3.6 million.”
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JUNEAU, AK – Alaska YEO Scott Kawasaki wants to
financially compensate those wrongfully convicted of a crime.
H.B. 55 would make amends for keeping innocent people
KIN
ITHACA, NY – Mayor Svante Myrick recently laid
out his vision to expand his city’s stock of affordable
housing for low- to moderate-income households.
Together with officials from Tompkins County,
NY and Cornell
University, Myrick
detailed plans to
provide no-interest
loans for predevelopment expenses,
as well as grant money
for land purchase
and construction
costs. Noting Ithaca’s
markedly high housing prices, Myrick stated, “This
growing crisis requires a proportionate response.”
NE
LANSING, MI – Mayor Nathan Triplett is calling attention
to political maneuvering in his state meant to gut local LGBTQ
anti-discrimination ordinances. The mayor described the Local
Government
Employer Mandate
Prohibition Act,
which would prevent
municipalities from
setting their own
employment laws
and regulations, as
an “unprecedented
intrusion into
the local control
of Michigan
cities.” Because of a last-minute committee amendment, those
constraints will not extend to the state’s 38 LGBTQ-protective
ordinances. Triplett, whose East Lansing community was the
first in the state to pass such a measure, joins fellow Michigan
YEOs Rep. Jeremy Moss, Rep. Jon Hoadley, and Rep.
Stephanie Chang in the battle against preemption. They
continue to fight what remains of H.B. 4052.
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