A campaign to unseat a majority of the Kansas Supreme Court’s members has likely inspired more than a $1 million in total spending by the groups opposing and supporting the justices. Data released Thursday by the Center for Public Integrity ...
Read More »Commuters brace for 3rd day of Philadelphia transit strike
Commuters braced for a third day of traffic gridlock in and around Philadelphia as the city’s transit agency urged the union representing about 4,700 striking workers to engage in good-faith negotiations to bring an end to the walkout. The Southeastern ...
Read More »If Dakota Access pipeline were to move, where?
President Barack Obama has raised the possibility of a reroute of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota to allay the concerns of American Indians and others who have demonstrated against the project for months. The president ...
Read More »Nominating panel member raises funds to help Kansas justices
An attorney serving on a commission that screens applicants for the Kansas Supreme Court is helping raise funds for a campaign to keep justices on the bench in next week’s election. Topeka attorney Natalie Haag confirmed her role in campaigning ...
Read More »GOP plan for a Clinton presidency: Block and resist
Some Republican lawmakers seem to be trying to delegitimize a Hillary Clinton presidency before it’s clear there will be one. They are threatening to block her Supreme Court nominees, investigate her endlessly, or even impeach her. Perhaps it’s no surprise ...
Read More »Political groups fight for control of state supreme courts
Wealthy powerbrokers. Special interest groups. Millions of dollars pouring in to elect conservatives or liberals. It sounds like a typical election-year contest for Congress or a state legislature, but it’s actually a high-stakes battle for institutions that were once considered ...
Read More »Defense: Cosby is a political pawn being wrongly prosecuted
Bill Cosby’s lawyers painted him Wednesday as a political pawn who’s only being prosecuted for sexual assault because a suburban Philadelphia district attorney used public furor over the decade-old case to win election last year. Cosby’s lawyers are asking a ...
Read More »Brownback PAC donations to be used in effort to oust judges
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is tied to an effort to oust a majority of the Kansas Supreme Court’s justices through his PAC, despite saying that he would not get involved. The latest campaign finance report for Road Map PAC, which ...
Read More »Poll: Nearly half in US support legalized sports betting
A new poll finds nearly half of Americans approve of legalized sports betting, reasoning that so many people are already doing it. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll released Wednesday finds 48 percent support changing federal law to make sports ...
Read More »If Clinton wins, more in GOP say no to 9 on Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has existed with its full complement of nine justices for close to 150 years, no matter who occupied the White House. Now some Republican lawmakers suggest they would be fine with just eight for four years more ...
Read More »Pot farmers worry legalization could end their way of life
Laura Costa’s son and husband moved quickly with pruning shears as they harvested the family’s fall marijuana crop, racing along with several workers to cut the plants and drop them in plastic bins ahead of an impending storm. The farm, ...
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