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US Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Transgender · United States

US Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for minors

40% Center coverage: 230 sources

Judge says government can’t limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people

LGBTQ+ · United States

Judge says government can’t limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people

56% Center coverage: 204 sources

A federal judge expanded a ruling Tuesday that blocked the Trump administration from enacting policy changes to sex markers on passports for many transgender and nonbinary Americans.See the Story

All states, territories agree to $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

Purdue Pharma · United States

All states, territories agree to $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

63% Center coverage: 200 sources

The attorneys general of all 50 states, Washington D.C., and four territories have agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the members of the Sackler family who own the company. See the Story

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Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is being released from federal custody

Low coverage from Right Sources

Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is being released from federal custody

Harvard secures extension of court order blocking Trump's international student ban

58% Center coverage: 95 sources

Harvard · United States See the Story

Where Home Values Increased and Decreased Most

88% Center coverage: 24 sources

SmartAsset ranked 100 of the largest cities based on the biggest one-year changes in the typical home value between 2024 and 2025.Economy · United States See the Story

Retirement – Creditable service – Police

Where a petitioner filed an application to purchase creditable service as a Chicopee police officer prior to his appointment as a full-time permanent police officer, the Chicopee Retirement Board’s denial of the application should be affirmed because the petitioner has not produced any evidence that he was on a certified list during the period for which he now seeks creditable service.Retirement · Chicopee Read Article

Retirement – Anti-spiking law

Where a petitioner has appealed from a decision of the Bristol County Retirement Board applying the anti-spiking law, G.L.c. 32, §5(2)(a), to the calculation of his retirement allowance, the board’s decision should be affirmed because the increase in the petitioner’s annual wages during the five years preceding his retirement exceeded 100 percent in two of the five years.Massachusetts · Massachusetts Read Article

Workers’ compensation – Section 35E defense

Where an administrative judge awarded an employee a period of §34 temporary total incapacity benefits followed by §34A permanent and total incapacity benefits and medical benefits pursuant to §§13 and 30, the administrative judge’s decision failed to address the insurer’s defense pursuant to §35E, so the decision must be vacated and the case recommitted.Massachusetts · Massachusetts Read Article

Taxation – Chapter 61 – ‘Special values’

Where appeals have been filed regarding real property classified pursuant to G.L.c. 61 as forest land, the appeal must be dismissed because the appellant has not been aggrieved, nor does she claim to have been aggrieved, by the taxes assessed on the subject property for fiscal year 2023.Property · Massachusetts Read Article

Budget Writers Disappoint Dems and GOPs on Group II Retirement, But Agree on Many Issues

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org CONCORD – Calling it a “slap in the face” to first responders across the state, House and Senate conferees refused to fully fund the Group II retirement plan in the state budget as part of its committee of conference negotiations Wednesday. The roughly $27 million a year for the next 10 years has been seen as a necessary fix for retention and recruitment of providers across the state who had been given promises for …Senate · Concord See the Story

Civil practice – Motion to amend

Where a plaintiff has moved for leave to amend its complaint, the motion comes too late and lacks good cause, so it should be denied.Massachusetts · Massachusetts Read Article

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