No jail time or fines for Trump in sentencing for NY hush money case
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan at Manhattan Criminal Court on Jan. 10, 2025 in New York…
Oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids
Cottongrass wafts over the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2, 2006. No bids were received for the second congressionally mandated Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and…
Bills addressing warehouse quotas, nursing homes, prostitution pass in session’s final days
Capitol News Illinois Lawmakers in Springfield approved a measure that aims to protect warehouse workers whose workdays center on hitting quotas. House Bill 2547 states employees are not required to…
No jail time or fines for Trump in sentencing for NY hush money case
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan at Manhattan Criminal Court on Jan. 10, 2025 in New York…
Prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for ex-Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery scheme
Sen. Bob Menendez leaves the Daniel Patrick Moynihan federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday, May 20, 2024, where his corruption trial entered its second week. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey…
How Kansas City is both defined, and held back, by the state line
Union Station and downtown Kansas City (Getty Images). As the Kansas City Royals scour the region for a new stadium site, and as the Chiefs weigh whether to renovate Arrowhead…
KY tax cut moves from Senate committee as chair warns fellow Republicans against ‘stunts’
Senate budget committee chair Chris McDaniel, R-Ryland Heights, concerns with Senate Majority Whip Mike Wilson, R-Bowling Green on the Senate floor, Jan. 9, 2025. (LRC Public Information) FRANKFORT — A…
Federal judge vacates Biden Title IX rule, scrapping protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide
(Stock photo from Getty Images) A federal district court judge in Kentucky has struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX,…
Federal judge vacates Biden Title IX rule, scrapping protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide
Hundreds of people gathered at Washington Square Park in New Orleans on March 31, 2023, for a march to mark Transgender Day of Visibility. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator) A federal district…
School software provider is the latest target of major hack of personal data
Education software company PowerSchool is the latest major American company to be targeted by hackers, who accessed the personal data of millions of parents and students. (Photo illustration by seksan…