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19 Dec 2017, 8:08 am by Jim Sedor
By Jeff Tiberii for KUNC South Carolina: Corruption Probe Evidence Suggests Pervasive Pattern of Political Meddling by Powerful Quinns by Glenn Smith for Charleston Post and Courier South Dakota: South Dakota Lawmakers to Train in Sexual Harassment Prevention by Dana Ferguson for Sioux Falls Argus Leader West Virginia: WV House Leaders Back Bill Amending Ethics Act to Include Volunteers by Jake Zuckerman for Charleston Gazette Lobbying Executives of Springfield Nonprofit Linked to $1… [read post]
15 Dec 2017, 7:05 am by Jim Sedor
      National: ‘Fake News,’ Trump’s Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for StrongmenNew York Times – Steven Erlanger | Published: 12/12/2017 Around the world, authoritarians, populists, and other political leaders have seized on the phrase “fake news,” and the legitimacy conferred upon it by an American president, as a tool for attacking their critics and, in some cases, deliberately undermining the institutions of democracy. [read post]
15 Dec 2017, 7:05 am by Jim Sedor
      National: ‘Fake News,’ Trump’s Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for StrongmenNew York Times – Steven Erlanger | Published: 12/12/2017 Around the world, authoritarians, populists, and other political leaders have seized on the phrase “fake news,” and the legitimacy conferred upon it by an American president, as a tool for attacking their critics and, in some cases, deliberately undermining the institutions of democracy. [read post]
13 Dec 2017, 4:35 am
More like Wisconsin's Secret Police," by Glenn Reynolds, which ends:It’s too early to say, as one account does, that the Wisconsin debacle prefigured the ongoing Robert Mueller investigation into Trump’s campaign, though there are certainly similarities between the attitudes of “The Resistance” in Washington and the Wisconsin establishment’s response to Walker. [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 6:25 am by Jim Sedor
Statehouse Corruption Case” by Glenn Smith for Charleston Post and Courier South Carolina: “Judge Rejects Sen. [read post]
17 Oct 2017, 12:59 pm by davidferriero
Washington, DC is home to some of the most fantastic museums in the world. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 4:37 am by SHG
Radley Balko’s piece in the Washington Post, entitled John Thompson, an exoneree and relentless voice for criminal-justice reform, has died, should be read in its entirety, but these four quoted excerpts (numbered by me for clarity) are sufficient for purposes of background: Thompson served 18 years in prison, 14 of them on death row. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 4:09 am by Edith Roberts
At the Washington Legal Foundation’s Legal Pulse blog, Glenn Lammi argues that, in the words of the WLF’s amicus brief, “[a]n expansion of Sherman Act standing to indirect purchasers would …’deter aggressive competition of the very sort that the antitrust laws are intended to encourage. [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 6:32 am by Jim Sedor
Federal: Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Drawing Ire for Chartered FlightsNew York Times – Peter Baker, Glenn Thrush, and Maggie Haberman | Published: 9/29/2017 Tom Price, President Trump’s embattled health and human services secretary, resigned amid criticism of his extensive use of taxpayer-funded charter flights. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 6:16 am by Jim Sedor
Jim Merrill Pleads Guilty to Misconduct, Agrees to Assist Investigators in Statehouse Corruption Probe” by Glenn Smith and Andrew Brown for Charleston Post and Courier [read post]
20 Aug 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Steven Greenhut on proposal to give unions private workers’ phone numbers and addresses] D.C. politicians are one big reason residents east of Anacostia River have poor grocery options [Diana Furchtgott-Roth; minimum wage] Uniform, predictable test needed for who is an “employee” and “employer” [Glenn Lammi, WLF, first and second posts] Tags: antitrust, California, labor unions, occupational licensure, sexual orientation, wage and hour suits,… [read post]
18 Aug 2017, 6:23 am by Jim Sedor
District of Columbia: ACLU Sues Washington, D.C., Transit System for Removing Milo Yiannopoulos AdsLos Angeles Times – Matt Pearce | Published: 8/10/2017 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for pulling or rejecting controversial ads, which the organization claims violates freedom of speech. [read post]
14 Aug 2017, 5:44 am by Jim Sedor
Schools Charged with Mishandling District Funds” by James Queally for Los Angeles Times District of Columbia: “ACLU Sues Washington, D.C., Transit System for Removing Milo Yiannopoulos Ads” by Matt Pearce for Los Angeles Times Maryland: “Former Anne Arundel Judicial Candidate Sues State for Defamation” by Phil Davis for Capital Gazette South Carolina: “Emails: South Carolina AG coordinated with key figure in statehouse probe on letter booting special… [read post]
13 Aug 2017, 6:30 am by Quinta Jurecic
Others, including Greenwald, activist Max Blumenthal, and Noam Chomsky have voiced similar concerns over rising tensions between Washington and the Kremlin over election interference. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 12:40 pm by JScarola
“It’s just the candor with which the backers of the bill have been saying, ‘Yeah, we’re going to go after evolution, we’re going to go after climate change,'” argues Glenn Branch, deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, in an article in The Washington Post titled “New Florida law lets any resident challenge what’s taught in science classes. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 3:01 pm by Adam Gillette
Yesterday Arizona Senator John McCain, a man who once endured years of imprisonment and torture because of his service in the United States Navy and is now suffering from brain-cancer, flew to Washington specifically for the purpose of casting a vote to allow the Senate to decide whether the Affordable Care Act should be repealed. [read post]
25 Jul 2017, 6:00 am by Jim Sedor
Seven Hearings, $57,000 Later, Some Say Yes” by Alicia Robinson for Press-Enterprise Florida: “Miami Lobbyist’s Business Made $1 Million Profit on State Anti-Hazing Contract” by Arek Sarkissian for Naples News South Carolina: “FBI Investigating South Carolina Statehouse Corruption, Could Expand Scope of State Probe” by Andy Shain, Glenn Smith, and Schuyler Kropf for Charleston Post and Courier Elections “Local Governments Keep Using This Software… [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 10:19 pm by Idaho State Police
The following drivers were all westbound: Iosif Todirash, 27, of Springfield, Missouri in a 2007 Volvo semi pulling a trailer; Glenn Combs, 24, of Filer, in a 2015 Ford F350; John Goodrich, 57, of Mountain Home, in a 2014 Ford Fusion; and Alexander Harrison, 25, of Vancouver, Washington, in a 2014 Kia Cadenza. [read post]