Truck stop fined for excessive pollution in wastewater
Waspy’s Truck Stop south of Audubon has a convenience store, restaurant, hotel, truck wash and service center. (Image from Google Earth) A western Iowa truck stop near Audubon has violated…
SLED: Freedom Caucus accusations on noncitizen voter registration are false
(File/Getty Images) COLUMBIA — Accusations by a South Carolina GOP legislator that agencies were “attempting to register noncitizens to vote” were false, the State Law Enforcement Division reported Thursday following…
U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, conducted an analysis of election conduct from 2003 to 2023 and found 29 instances of noncitizens voting nationwide over that 20 year period.…
With GOP opposed, U.S. Senate panel advances bills to combat AI in elections
Over the last year or more, several states have passed legislation restricting the use of AI in political ads or requiring that it be disclosed. (Photo via Getty Images) Members…
Florida is now one of the few states divesting from Chinese-owned companies
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to prevent the People’s Republic of China from gaining undue influence. Credit: Getty Images Quality Journalism for Critical Times Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation this…
Georgia’s controversial 2021 voting law overhaul survives preliminary legal challenge
A Georgia federal court judge declined this week to temporarily block the state’s controversial election rules, which several voting rights and civil rights organizations claim will disenfranchise Black voters throughout…
Columbia University Deals With Revelations About Its Decadeslong Failure to Stop a Predator
Columbia University has been rocked by revelations about the university’s handling of the case of Robert Hadden, a former obstetrician-gynecologist who sexually abused patients for decades while working at the…
Police Resistance and Politics Undercut the Authority of Prosecutors Trying to Reform the Justice System
After the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the months of protests that followed, the city of St. Louis was forced to reckon with its…
U.S. Justice Department to appeal Trump special master order
The U.S. Justice Department will appeal a Florida federal judge’s ruling this week appointing an independent arbiter to review thousands of sensitive materials the FBI seized from former President Donald…