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The Associated Press via Claims Journal
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce a plan for dealing with a class of long-lasting chemical contaminants amid complaints from members of Congress and environmentalists that it’s not moved aggressively enough to regulate them. So-called forever chemicals, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, or PFAs, pose “a very important threat,” acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said.
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Route Fifty
The Federal Aviation Administration recently issued a rule aimed at protecting law enforcement officers from explosive-laden drones. The measure is meant to address the concerns of law enforcement officers, who told FAA officials that opening up drones to check for registration could potentially set off hidden explosives. Small drone pilots will soon be required to display their FAA registration number on the outside of their aircraft, according to a ruling posted in the Federal Register. Previously, registration numbers could be written on the drone’s battery case or inside another interior compartment.
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Government Technology
Risk Based Security came out with their annual data breach report recently. Overall, 2018 brought the second highest number of reported data breaches of any year on record. “It’s been an unusual year for breach activity,” commented Inga Goddijn, executive vice president of Risk Based Security. “We’ve been monitoring breach events for more than a dozen years now and this is the first time we’ve observed a slow start to the year following by a growing number of disclosures as the months pass.”
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Bambi Majumdar
 Police departments around the country are coming up with innovative ways to repair and rebuild community relations. One police department in Mississippi, for instance, has started issuing vouchers instead of tickets for minor traffic infractions. In Oxford, local residents won't get a ticket if they are stopped for a busted tail light or headlight. Instead, they are handed a voucher to get it fixed. As a result, police in the town have teamed up with local businesses for free car light repairs. Called the "We Care Program," it is the police department's initiative to build better relations with the community that it serves.
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The Atlantic via Route Fifty
Gun violence has killed nearly 1,200 children in the U.S. since the 2018 school massacre in Parkland, Florida. Few of these deaths became the focus of the nation’s attention. Maybe that’s because these killings were so mundane, so normal, in the 21st century U.S. While the rate of firearm related homicides has declined since its peak in the 1980s, gun violence is the second most common cause of death among children in the U.S., according to one recent study, and its role in youth fatalities has expanded significantly in recent years.
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Roberta Matuson
 Have you ever had a goal that you thought was unattainable? How'd you feel? Demoralized is the word that comes to mind. Yet companies continue to set what they call "stretch goals," thinking that if they set the target slightly out of the reach of an employee, employees will miraculously muster up the energy to hit these targets. This sort of thinking is entirely wrong. If you're like most people, you look at a task that seems like a stretch and think, "I stand a better chance of reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro than I do scaling this goal. Why bust my butt on something I know is out of my reach?"
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The Associated Press via Claims Journal
The executive committee of the organization that governs New Jersey high school athletes has approved a proposal to drastically reduce contact in football before and during the season. The proposal passed recently by the executive committee of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association reduces in season full contact from 90 minutes per week to 15 and preseason full contact from unlimited to six hours total, including scrimmages. There will be no change in the existing ban on full contact in the spring and summer.
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Education Dive
While a school’s primary goal is to educate students, another priority is providing a safe environment. It’s a responsibility enforced in federal, state and local laws, but ultimately, students can — and do — get hurt. And when they do, many blame the school or district. Getting scraped up during recess, for instance, isn’t new. Neither is getting made fun of by a classmate. Some medical experts call falls and broken bones "inevitable," and some scholars cite teasing as an "important preparation for life." But more severe issues, including sexual harassment, cyberbullying and school shootings, are increasingly penetrating classrooms, spurring legal disputes over who's responsible.
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Governing
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could redefine the scope of the federal Clean Water Act, which regulates pollution in lakes, rivers and other navigable waters. The case concerns a dispute over wastewater in Maui County, Hawaii, which argues that a lower court ruling would add significant new burdens to state and local governments. A group of 18 mostly conservative states, as well as the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties and the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, filed briefs urging the high court to review the case.
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