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3 Mar 2023, 10:17 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
New Health Care Fraud Charges Against Rhode Island and Massachusetts Addiction Treatment Chain Operators Acosta-Perez’s sentencing coincides with the Justice Department’s March 2, 2023 announcement of its filing of a host of similar charges in Rhode Island against the operator of a chain of addiction treatment clinics and others for alleged aggravated identity theft, money laundering and obstruction in relation to theft of the identities and other… [read post]
7 Feb 2023, 3:30 am by Kevin Kaufman
State Rates California has the highest state-level sales tax rate, at 7.25 percent.[2] Four states tie for the second-highest statewide rate, at 7 percent: Indiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 9:37 pm by Jim Sedor
Biden Lawyer: FBI finds no classified docs at beach house Associated Press News – Eric Tucker, Colleen Long, and Zeke Miller | Published: 2/1/2023 The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, without finding any classified documents, the president’s attorney said. [read post]
25 Jan 2023, 11:37 am by Unknown
  The DOJ press release states: Today, the Justice Department, along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia, filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. [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]
3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
By 1790 both North Carolina and Rhode Island had ratified the Constitution and the proposed amendments. [read post]
15 Dec 2022, 8:04 am by Jim Sedor
Police Raid More EU Parliament Offices in Corruption Probe MSN – Samuel Petrequin (Associated Press) | Published: 12/12/2022 Prosecutors investigating alleged influence peddling at the European Parliament charged four people with corruption, participation in a criminal group, and money laundering. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 3:45 am by Kyle Hulehan
In 2020, following a long-term investigation into an individual’s cigarette smuggling activity, a process including court-authorized search warrants, wiretaps, grand jury subpoenas, and other investigative tools, New York seized more than $1.3 million in cash and 6,267 cartons of untaxed cigarettes, according to a press release from the Queens’ District Attorney.[2] But even law enforcement successes are costly and only stop a drop of water in the Hudson River of smuggling… [read post]
20 Nov 2022, 9:53 am by David Kopel
Reviewing the Spitzter Declaration led to finding three laws I had missed: an 1871 D.C. ordinance, an 1893 Rhode Island statute, and another enactment of a Montana anti-dueling statute. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 1:57 pm by Hyemin Han
  Gabriel Schoenfeld reviewed Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman’s recent book, “A Century of Repression: the Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press” which explores the Espionage Act. [read post]
16 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
New Hampshire was one of three states where voters went to the polls, marking the end of this year’s nominating process, along with Rhode Island and Delaware. [read post]
23 Aug 2022, 5:01 am by Roger Parloff
The top defendants in each case—Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio—were each identified by name at least 20 times at those hearings. [read post]
19 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Sinema Took Wall Street Money While Killing Tax on Investors MSN – Brian Slodysko (Associated Press) | Published: 8/14/2022 U.S. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Appeals Court Rules IRS Must Provide Trump’s Tax Returns to House Committee MSN – Harper Neidig (The Hill) | Published: 8/9/2022 The IRS must hand over former President Trump’s tax returns to a U.S. [read post]
22 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Pair Charged with Making Straw Donations to Trump Committees MSN – Jennifer Pelz (Associated Press) | Published: 7/18/2022 Two Chinese American businesspeople were charged with funneling foreigners’ money into political donations that bought entry to an exclusive dinner with then-President Trump so the duo could impress and swindle Chinese investors. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Allen for WSHU Elections Georgia: “GOP Fake Electors ‘Targets’ in Georgia Election Fraud Inquiry” by Matthew Brown (Washington Post) for MSN Georgia: “Giuliani Ordered to Testify in Georgia 2020 Election Probe” by Kate Brumback (Associated Press) for ABC News Ethics National: “New Evidence Disputes Trump Administration’s Citizenship Question Rationale” by Tara Bahrampour (Washington Post) for MSN Illinois: “Chicago City… [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
The five states with the lowest average combined rates are Alaska (1.76 percent), Hawaii (4.44 percent), Wyoming (5.36 percent), Wisconsin (5.43 percent), and Maine (5.50 percent). 2022 State Sales Tax Rates California has the highest state-level sales tax rate, at 7.25 percent.[2] Four states tie for the second-highest statewide rate, at 7 percent: Indiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. [read post]
15 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
In interviews at the National Association of Secretaries of State’s conference, a dozen chief election administrators detailed a growing number of “insider threats” leading to attempted or successful election security breaches aided by local officials. [read post]
11 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Montana: “Ninth Circuit Decision Takes Issue with Montana Rule Defining ‘Political Committees’” by Sam Wilson (Helena Independent Record) for Fairfield Sun Times Rhode Island: “AG Reviewing Prov. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Giuliani Associate Parnas Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison MSN – Larry Neumeister (Associated Press) | Published: 6/29/2022 Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in former President Trump’s first impeachment investigation, was sentenced to a year and eight months in prison for fraud and campaign finance crimes. [read post]