“This is heartbreaking to us.”

Aug. 16, 2023

Goodhue, Minn., Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck, regarding a mass resignation of the police department. Police Chief Josh Smith, another full-time officer and five part-time employees have resigned; Smith, who led the resignations, said the city wasn’t offering enough money to retain officers. The mayor said that the resignations were surprising because the City Council gave officers a 5 percent increase and Smith a $13,000 raise earlier this year. (Associated Press — Aug. 16, 2023)

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“That is a little better than last year, but still extremely low. It only takes a few dry years to set us back.”

Kim Mitchell, senior water policy adviser at Western Resource Advocates, a Phoenix-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting water and land in the West, regarding the brief relief that this past winter’s precipitation brought to Lake Powell and Lake Mead of the Colorado River, which are still only at about 39 and 33 percents full, respectively. Federal officials are expected to ease water cuts for 2024 due to the slight improvement of the river’s health, but experts are still concerned about the impacts of a drying future. (Associated Press — Aug. 14, 2023)

Aug. 15, 2023
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"It doesn't happen very often because most organizations understand that it's illegal.”

First Amendment attorney Lynn Oberlander, regarding a police raid of the Marion County Record, a local newspaper in Marion, Kan., under a search warrant signed by a county judge to investigate for “identity theft.” Several media law experts explained that the raid appears to be in violation of federal law which protects journalists from this type of action. (NPR — Aug. 14, 2023)

Aug. 14, 2023
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“The more we learn about the breadth of the deeply personal information that VUMC disclosed, the more horrified we are.”

Attorney Tricia Herzfeld, regarding the federal civil rights investigation against Vanderbilt University Medical Center for turning the medical records of transgender patients over to the Tennessee attorney general. VUMC waited months to tell the patients of the disclosure. (Associated Press — Aug. 11, 2023)

Aug. 11, 2023
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“I come to you today after making one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult, decision of my superintendent career and that was to cancel day two and day three of the school year Thursday and Friday.”

Jefferson County, Ky., Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio, regarding the cancellation of the second and third days of the school year due to a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. after the first day of school. The disaster came after a major overhaul to school bus routes and school start times this year meant to alleviate the struggles surrounding a bus driver shortage; the district spent $199,000 to create a plan that would cut the number of bus routes and stops. JCPS is Kentucky’s largest school system and has 96,000 students. District officials will spend the next several days reviewing the routes and having bus drivers practice them before students return on Monday. (Associated Press — Aug. 10, 2023)

Aug. 10, 2023

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“This is heartbreaking to us.”