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What is the HALT Act? A closer look as striking corrections officers call for its reversal
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Human Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act into law, restricting solitary confinement for vulnerable ...
How We Talk About the Holocaust Now
The moment I saw my mother and brother heading toward the train, I realized that was it,” Naor told Yad Vashem, Israel’s ...
WIVB-TV6d
What is the HALT Act? The talking point law that’s part of the correction officer strike, explained
One of the major demands of the correction officers is to reverse what is called the HALT Act, but what exactly is that? The law, which stands for Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary ...
The Washington Post5d
Courts rule on Trump administration initiatives including DOGE, DEI
Several federal judges on Friday temporarily halted or continued to halt the Trump administration from carrying out various initiatives, including ones governing diversity efforts, access to ...
NBC News5d
Trump administration hasn't complied with order to halt foreign aid freeze, judge says
The Trump administration has not fully complied with a court order pausing the freezing of foreign assistance grants and contracts, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ...
Daily Mail2d
Supreme Court issues shock halt to Trump's rampage through federal workers
The Supreme Court has issued a shocking halt to Trump's rampage through federal workers by allowing a top whistleblower protection chief to keep his job - for now. The nation's highest court ...
WIVB-TV5d
State announces changes to entice striking correction workers to go back to work, including HALT Act
The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced it will temporarily suspend parts of the controversial HALT Act under “exceptional circumstances,” where the ...
CNN6d
US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement
Catholic bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the ...
CBS 65d
Elements of HALT Act lifted as NY prison strikes continue
DOCCS will be suspending elements of the HALT Act until prisons can safely operate again according to the release. HALT limits the use of solitary confinement in New York. Additionally ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Trump administration orders halt to NYC toll meant to fight traffic and fund mass transit
NEW YORK — President Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to New York City’s congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on ...
WTEN4d
Supreme Court deals a severe blow to Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit against Hungary
Some survived being sent to the Auschwitz death camp in what was German-occupied Poland. The appeals court had held that the survivors satisfied the exception the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ...