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In 2003, the year Californians swept Arnold Schwarzenegger into the governor's office, a Democratic friend shared a theory on why poor Gov. Gray Davis had been recalled. "Some years, people want a plumber," he shrugged, "and some years, they want glamour.
On August 3, 2016 the U.S. Tax Court ruled that tax whistleblowers were entitled to a reward based on monies collected in criminal fines and penalties . This landmark decision reversed the position of the Department of Treasury that severely limited the "collected proceeds" upon which a whistleblower reward could be based.The decision ruled that two anonymous whistleblowers, identified only as Whistleblower 21276-13W and Whistleblower 21277-13W were entitled to a reward of $17,791,607.00, based in part on $54 million obtained in criminal fines and civil forfeitures for which the IRS had illegally claimed were outside the whistleblower reward program.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites. . less New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed ... more New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites.
U.S. Rep. and Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy wants tougher gun laws that he says might prevent episodes like the one that saw 49 people killed during the Pulse nightclub tragedy in June. Murphy is challenging Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for his seat - and challenged him Thursday to support tougher gun control legislation.
A volunteer for a Democrat running for a Clackamas County seat in the Oregon Legislature faces criminal charges for allegedly recording the Republican candidate talking politics with him in a private campaign office. Ethan Tatum showed up to Republican Evon Tekorius' Oregon City office on July 16 and asked to take part in her "Super Saturday" campaign event, said campaign manager Ben Carpenter.
President Barack Obama's administration warned Congress on Wednesday that money to fight the Zika virus is on the verge of running out as Capitol Hill faces a political stalemate. In a letter to key lawmakers, the secretary of Health and Human Services said the National Institutes of Health would exhaust its resources for vaccine development by month's end.
The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing 16 people, was able to keep flying despite having at least four convictions for drunken driving in Missouri and twice spending time in prison. Whether the pilot's drinking habits had anything to do with the crash was unclear.
The hot air balloon hit power lines and caught fire before crashing to the ground in Lockhart, Texas, on Saturday morning Pilot Alfred 'Skip' Nichols, 49, had been charged with drunk driving four times, was banned from driving a car and had been to prison twice He was convicted of a drug crime in 2000 and spent about a year and a half in prison before being paroled He was returned to prison in April 2010 after his parole was revoked because of his drunken driving conviction that year Consumers were warned three times about his previous balloon firm based in St Louis and complaints had been made against his new company - Heart of Texas Victims include a woman and her mom celebrating Mother's Day and a newlywed couple, who shared photos from the balloon before the crash The hot air balloon owner who crashed in Texas and killed all 16 people aboard had been arrested for drunken driving four ... (more)
President Obama on Friday signed a bill that will require labeling of genetically modified ingredients for the first time. The legislation will cover most food packages.
Six current or former state employees were charged Friday with misconduct and other crimes in the Flint water crisis, bringing to nine the number of public officials facing prosecution over the lead contamination that alarmed parents across the country. Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a total of 18 new charges against three employees from the Department of Environmental Quality - Liane Shekter Smith, Adam Rosenthal and Patrick Cook - and three from the Department of Health and Human Services - Nancy Peeler, Corinne Miller and Robert Scott.
Signed: SB880 by Sen. Isadore Hall III, D-Compton, which expands the definition of "assault weapon" to include specified guns capable of accepting any type of detachable magazine. less Signed: SB880 by Sen. Isadore Hall III, D-Compton, which expands the definition of "assault weapon" to include specified guns capable of accepting any type of ... more Signed: SB1446, which makes it illegal to possess magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
Sell, manufacture, purchase, possess or carry any blackjack, sandclub, metal knuckles, switchblade knife or spring knife, iron buckle, zip gun or stungun; Use any device or attachment of any kind designed, used or intended for use in silencing the noise of any firearm, rifle or shotgun. The first thing you notice about this ordinance is that it is terribly written.
In what many consider an important decision, the Supreme Court has now made it easier for federal workers to file discrimination lawsuits if they quit their jobs due to intolerable work conditions. In the legal niche of employment law, constructive discharge, also called constructive dismissal or constructive termination, happens when an employee resigns from a position due to a hostile workplace environment created by the employer.
Americans' trust in government institutions has plummeted over recent decades. We have experienced huge declines in confidence across the board, including for Congress, the presidency, the Supreme Court, even the Defense Department and the Food and Drug Administration.
In accepting the Republican Party's nomination for president, Donald Trump's speech purposefully played to multiple layers of racial anxiety that perfectly captured the mood of the Republican National Convention. Over the course of the week, speaker after speaker framed the upcoming presidential contest as nothing less than a civilizational clash between God-fearing, law-abiding, and Constitution-loving white Americans and radical black protesters, illegal Latino criminals and Muslim terrorists.
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Missouri lawmaker who cited religious objections while challenging the inclusion of birth control coverage in his government-provided health insurance. State Sen. Paul Wieland said Friday that the ruling , while applying only to his family, could serve as a guide for others seeking to challenge the application of a section of President Barack Obama's health care law that requires insurers to include coverage of contraceptives.
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled against Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe's order restoring voting rights to more than 200,000 felons who completed their sentences, court documents show. In a 4-3 ruling, the court said Governor McAuliffe overstepped his clemency powers under the state constitution by issuing a sweeping order in April restoring rights to all ex-offenders who are no longer incarcerated or on probation or parole.
FILE: What is very clear, however, is that the labyrinthine web of suspicion orbiting around the two former Attorneys General and others brought into their sphere is a matter of high public interest. What is very clear, however, is that the labyrinthine web of suspicion orbiting around the two former Attorneys General and others brought into their sphere is a matter of high public interest.