The first statute was adopted in Washington State five years ago, and subsequently twenty-nine other states have proceeded to adopt legislation regarding this issue. The new statutes, termed "Equine Liability Statutes," provide immunity from liability for injuries and death arising from ordinary risks...
We state at the outset that when the Board engages in a review of a discretionary determination by an immigration judge, we rely upon our own independent judgment in deciding the ultimate disposition of the case. This is in accord with our mandate to "exercise such discretion a...
DEC/Karla Salp, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Can Cause Skin Irritation The caterpillars are about 2.2 inches in length. They have five pairs of raised blue spots followed by six pairs of raised red spots along their back. The hairs on their backs can cause mild to ...
AfterAdoptingTermLimits,StatesLoseFemaleLegislatorsByPeterSlevinWashingtonPostStaffWriterSunday,April22,2007;A04CHICAGO--JoAnnDavidsonremembersfeelingoptimisticthattermlimitswouldlandmorewomeninOhio'slegislature,where32ofthe132seatswereheldbywomeninthemid-1990s.Yetinthesevenyearssincethelawtookeffect,thefigurehasfall...
washington, d.c. 10 / 11 credit (jim lo scalzo for usn&wr) | view as article washington, d.c. the powercentsdc smart meter pilot project that ran until the fall of 2009 was so successful for about 900 customers in the nation's capital that the feds decided to increase funding.more...
A total of 180 smallholder households who have implemented the identified practices in two horticultural crop-growing municipalities were surveyed. Profitability indicators, evaluation of environmental and social externalities were employed to comparatively estimate the cost-effectiveness of the practices. The ...
America's Secular State and the Unsecular State of Europe T here are two ways of reading the January 2007 controversy in the United Kingdom about whether Catholic adoption agencies should be exempted from antidiscrimination legislation that requires them to treat applications for adoption from ... ...
Brief report: Population-based reversal of the adverse impact of opioids on disability in Washington State workers' compensation Background Evidence has associated opioid use initiated early in a workers' compensation claim with subsequent disability. In 2013, the Washington State De... GM Franklin,M...
Among them, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon and Vermont are expected to adoptCalifornia's ban on new gasoline-fueled vehicles.Colorado and Pennsylvania are among the states that probably won't. The legal ground is a bit murkier in Minnesota, wherethe state's "Clean Cars" ...
Zionism, born as a modern ideology in the 19th century, sought to establish a Jewish polity in the Land of Israel. Since that was achieved with Israel’s establishment in 1948, its meaning has been contested but is generally taken to signify support for Israel as a Jewish state and for it...