Mar 81 min read

Swan's Picks March 8

This spring sees state and local law in focus at law schools around the country. We were happy to see offerings at University of Wisconsin Law's State Democracy Research Initiative, the Brennan Center/NYU Law School, and coming next month, Yale Law School. Props to all the organizers!

Thousands of voters in Alabama district drawn to boost Black political power got wrong information | AP News

A new program ‘prescribes’ monthly payments for the first year of an infant’s life | PBS NewsHour

States Invest to Save Rural Grocery Stores (governing.com )

St. Paul City Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution - Axios Twin Cities

Housing: Resistance mounts against state housing law after Milton vote (bostonglobe.com )

Ferguson, Missouri, agrees to pay $4.5 million to settle ‘debtors’ prison’ lawsuit (nbcnews.com )

Roughly Half of Counties Have One Local News Outlet or Less (governing.com )

Florida lawmakers pass ban on social media for kids and teens under 16 despite constitutional concerns | PBS NewsHour

Developers, seeking to gain from building boom tied to Ford plant, push for weaker wetland rules • Tennessee Lookout

Arizona bill would make shooting and killing migrants on property legal (msn.com )

First responders at Texas border are traumatized from pulling dead bodies from the Rio Grande (nbcnews.com )

In Pursuit of Harsher Punishments, San Francisco Courtwatchers Target Judges | Bolts (boltsmag.org )