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January 28, 2022

Mail-in Ballot Application of WWII Vet, 95, Rejected Twice Under Texas Law: 'I've Never Missed a Vote' - PEOPLE

Kenneth Thompson, 95, says he is worried about casting his ballot in Texas' upcoming elections. The World War II veteran, who lives in Harris County (which includes Houston), has submitted two applications to receive a mail-in ballot. Both have been rejected, he told local TV station KPRC. The new state law SB1 requires voters requesting mail-in ballots to include an identification number — a...
January 28, 2022

WATCH: Biden visits collapsed bridge in Pennsylvania, touts infrastructure law - PBS NewsHour

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Arriving just hours after a Pennsylvania bridge collapse, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell early Friday, striking evidence supporting the $1 trillion infrastructure law he already had planned to tout on his trip to Pittsburgh. Watch Biden’s remarks in the player above. Standing before concrete barriers papered with yellow pol...
January 28, 2022

Mark Sheridan Wants Law Enforcement to Examine Bratsenis' Knife - InsiderNJ

Mark Sheridan, son of John and Joyce Sheridan, today sent a letter to the Somerset County Prosecutor and the Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, drawing an inquiring line from the Galdieri murder case to the unsolved killing of his own parents. Specifically, Mark Sheridan wants to know if the knife recovered in the car of George Bratsenis, named as the perpetrator of the May 2014 murder of...
January 28, 2022

Mark Sheridan Wants Law Enforcement to Examine Bratensis' Knife - InsiderNJ

Mark Sheridan, son of John and Joyce Sheridan, today sent a letter to the Somerset County Prosecutor and the Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, drawing an inquiring line from the Galdieri murder case to the unsolved killing of his own parents. Specifically, Mark Sheridan wants to know if the knife recovered in the car of George Bratsenis, named as the perpetrator of the May 2014 murder of...
January 28, 2022

Top This Big Law: Haynes Boone's New Partners Are 62% Diverse - Bloomberg Law

Columnist Vivia Chen Kudos to Haynes Boone for its awesomely diverse new partners class. Only snag: No new Black partners. The year is still young but I’m betting that Haynes Boone will win the 2022 grand prize for having the most diverse new partnership class in Big Law. Maybe I’m jumping the gun but I can’t think of any Big Law firm that will beat these statistics: A new partnership class t...
January 28, 2022

Legislative committee hires law firm to investigate the firing of Rodell as permanent fund head - Alaska Public Media News

The Legislative Budget & Audit Committee meets shortly before voting to approve hiring a law firm to investigate the firing of Angela Rodell as the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. on Thursday in the Capitol. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) A committee of the Alaska Legislature will hire a law firm to investigate the recent firing of Angela R...
January 28, 2022

Whistleblower rewards law: fixing money laundering loopholes - Reuters

People walk past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. January 28, 2022 - On ...
January 28, 2022

Legislative committee hires law firm to investigate the firing of Rodell as permanent fund head - KTOO

The Legislative Budget & Audit Committee meets shortly before voting to approve hiring a law firm to investigate the firing of Angela Rodell as the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. on Thursday in the Capitol. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) A committee of the Alaska Legislature will hire a law firm to investigate the recent firing of Angela R...
January 28, 2022

Sharia law in Africa has many faces - DW (English)

African nations have a varied approach to Islamic law. A few majority Muslim countries, like Somalia, have embraced it while others, like Senegal, have rejected it. Some have opted for a mix. A man reads the Quran, a major source of Islamic law For non-Muslims, Sharia law is often associated with savage punishments, intolerance and the policing of morality — especially of women. But in most c...
January 28, 2022

Jackson Law Officers Say They Need Help to Cut Violent Crime - U.S. News & World Report

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law officers, community leaders, and residents are meeting to discuss ways of curbing Jackson’s soaring crime rate. The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s office are teaming up to assist law enforcement to help combat crime, but they say the effort can’t be done alone, WAPT-TV reported. At a Thursday meeting, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said that everyone in the community must...