Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. speaks at a news conference in New York, Feb. 24, 2020. Vance has obtained copies of Donald Trump’s tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the former president’s last-ditch effort to prevent them from being handed over. (AP)
New York – A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump’s tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the former president’s last-ditch effort to prevent them from being...
A gas pump in that delivers Ethanol fuel is shown April 4, 2007. The federal government announced Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, that it will support the ethanol industry in a lawsuit over biofuel waivers granted to oil refineries under President Donald Trump’s administration. The Environmental Protection Agency said it is reversing course and will support a January 2020 decision by the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit filed by the Renewable Fuels Association and farm groups. (AP)
Des Moines, Iowa – The federal government announced Monday that it will support the ethanol industry in a lawsuit over biofuel waivers granted to oil refineries under President Donald Trump’s...
State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, left, walks through the Iowa Senate chamber, Wednes-day, Feb. 24, 2021, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Republicans were moving swiftly Wednesday to sharply limit early voting in the state, months after a general election overseen by a Republican secretary of state resulted in record turnout and overwhelming victo-ries by GOP candidates. (AP)
Des Moines, Iowa – Iowa House Republicans cast the final vote needed Wednesday to send a bill to the governor that sharply limits early voting in the state, months after a general election overseen...
The Earl Warren Building, headquarters of the Supreme Court of California, is shown in San Francisco, Jan. 7, 2020. The California Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, upheld the state’s 2018 law barring 14 and 15-year-olds from being tried as adults and sent to adult prisons even for serious crimes like murder, arson and robbery, rape or kidnapping. (AP)
Sacramento, Calif. – The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s 2018 law barring 14- and 15-year-olds from being tried as adults and sent to adult prisons even for serious crimes...
A state prison in Florence, Ariz., July 23, 2014. A judge presiding over a legal settlement on the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons imposed $1.1 million in contempt of court fines against the state on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, for failing to follow through on promises to improve inmate care. It marked the second time the state faced penalties for remaining noncompliant with many elements of the deal. (AP)
Phoenix – A federal judge presiding over a legal settlement on the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons has imposed $1.1 million in contempt of court fines against the state for failing to...
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When does the right to privacy end and freedom of the press begin? That was the question raised by David McCraw, deputy general counsel for The New York Times Company, during a continuing legal education session co-hosted by the Nebraska Paralegal...
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