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12 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The commission’s rules also bar commissioners from having private discussions about bids with vendors. [read post]
2 Jan 2024, 2:13 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
ADJ13173519—WCAB Panel: Chair Zalewski, Commissioners Razo, Capurro Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board Panel Decision) Opinion Filed October 13, 2023 Injury AOE/COE—Necessity of Medical Evidence—Credibility Determinations—WCAB, granting reconsideration, rescinded decision in which WCJ found that applicant did not sustain industrial back injury while employed by defendant as cook on 12/15/2019, and returned matter to presiding… [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 10:25 am
On December 14, 2023, the Cook County Board of Commissioners (“Board”) passed the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which converts the pre-existing Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance into an ordinance requiring general paid leave. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 10:25 am
On December 14, 2023, the Cook County Board of Commissioners (“Board”) passed the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which converts the pre-existing Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance into an ordinance requiring general paid leave. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Donald Trump Exempt from Campaign Finance Laws: FEC commissioner MSN – Kate Plummer (Newsweek) | Published: 11/10/2023 FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said Donald Trump has effectively been made exempt from campaign finance laws because her agency refuses to investigate him. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
NGP VAN provides tools used by Democrats, from the White House to local school boards, to raise money and mobilize voters. [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
California – California Boards Want to Keep Pandemic Rules for Public Meetings. [read post]
3 Jul 2023, 12:28 pm by Patricia Salkin
The Hall County Board of Commissioners approved the rezoning with, as Cook stated “several new and amended conditions that constituted exactions requiring [Cook] to donate land for improvements off the property or not directly addressing traffic issues caused by the proposed redevelopment of the property such as installing turn lanes and imposing a unit per acre density far less than surrounding developments. [read post]
23 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Guilty Pleas in ‘Scam PAC’ Case Tied to 2017 Wisconsin Senate Race Roll Call – Nathan Gonzales | Published: 6/13/2023 Controversial former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is still considering a U.S. [read post]
5 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The registry will take effect January 1, 2024, and Suzanne Craig, the city’s integrity commissioner, will be appointed as interim registrar. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The report’s public release marks the latest chapter in the board of supervisors’ quest to tamp down conspiracy theories about elections in the county, which is home to more than half the state’s voters. [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Attacks on Dominion Voting Persist Despite High-Profile Lawsuits DNyuz – Stuart Thompson | Published: 4/6/2023 Claims that election software companies like Dominion Voting Systems sent helped orchestrate widespread fraud in the 2020 election have been widely debunked in the years since former President Trump and his allies first pushed the theories. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 6:00 am by Jennifer González
  Danielle Dantema is a California native residing in sunny Orange County. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 3:55 pm by Tatiana Venn
Three months later the Cook County Board passed the ordinance that effectively requires the sheriff to ignore detainers. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal After Helping Prince’s Rise, Trump and Kushner Benefit from Saudi FundsMSN – Michael Kranish (Washington Post) | Published: 2/11/2023 The day after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner created a company he transformed months later into a private equity firm with $2 billion from a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 1:36 am by Jim Sedor
How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low Yahoo News – David Fahrenthold and Talmon Joseph Smith (New York Times) | Published: 1/17/2023 Before starting a new job, many cooks, waiters, and bartenders pay $15 to a company called ServSafe for an online class in food safety. [read post]
13 Jan 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Scandal-Hit EU Assembly Set to Move on Anti-Corruption Plan Yahoo News – Lorne Cook (Associated Press) | Published: 1/11/2023 Spurred into action by a major corruption scandal, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola wants to prevent former lawmakers from lobbying on behalf of businesses or governments soon after they leave office and to make public the names of current members who break assembly rules. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 6:58 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Hawaii: “Proposal Would Increase Public Funding for Hawaii Campaigns” by Dan Nakaso (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) for Yahoo News Oklahoma: “After Dark Money Flooded Elections, Oklahoma GOP Chair Wants Changes to Help Political Parties” by Carmen Forman for Tulsa World Washington: “Seattle Ethics Committee Restricts Collection of Democracy Vouchers” by Guy Oron for Real Change Elections New York: “Rensselaer County’s Former GOP… [read post]