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January 20, 2022
GJPD, MCSO, and the Mesa County Drug Task Force are assisting the Drug Enforcement Administration with an operation in the area of N. 11th St. and Bookcliff Avenue.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - UPDATE (2:10 p.m.): According to the Grand Junction Police Department, the Mesa County Drug Task Force, GJPD, and the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office are assisting the Drug Enforcement Administration wi...
January 20, 2022
Source: Gray News Media (Gray News Media)
SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A 23-year-old woman allegedly led Smith County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a vehicle pursuit that ended with her crashing a stolen pickup and fleeing on foot Thursday morning.
Sgt. Larry Christian with the Smith County Sheriff’s Office said the situation started when an SCSO deputy spotted a 1994 Dodge pickup that had bee...
January 20, 2022
“What do people think we do when we’re sick in bed? There’s a lot of time to think and figure things like that out.”
— Willem Jewett
MONTPELIER — Willem Jewett, a Ripton resident and former majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives, died Jan. 12 using a prescription obtained through Act 39, a law that allows terminally ill Vermonters to take pharmaceutical drugs to end their li...
January 20, 2022
New York City is saying, ‘show me the money.’ Starting in April, employers in the Big Apple have to include salary ranges for most job postings. Pay transparency laws have become more popular in recent years with states like California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Washington passing similar legislation. But is it all about the Benjamins?
Why States are Cashing in on Pay Transparency Laws
One b...
January 20, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has appointed a new state Boating Law Administrator (BLA), which will represent Louisiana on the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA). Major Clarence Marques, of Livingston, is replacing Lt. Col. Rachel Zechenelly as Louisiana’s BLA.
“I’m extremely honored to be named as the BLA for the state and am excited for th...
January 20, 2022
Takeaways
The technical architecture of various cryptocurrencies makes it difficult to bring them within existing tax rules, even those designed to deal more generally with the digital marketplace. The U.S., U.K. and Australia have started to offer guidance on topics such as the timing of income recognition and capital gains treatment. Because it is debatable where some crypto transactions o...
January 20, 2022
Gabriel Boric, Chile’s president-elect. Photo: Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg
Chilean lawyers are bracing for potential disruptions to the way business is conducted in their country, as well as intense debates, after a leftist former student protest leader won the presidency on promises to redirect the economy. Though small by population, (Chile has roughly 19 million inhabitants), the South Am...
January 20, 2022
WNPA News Service
OLYMPIA — Forcing higher densities in Washington state’s cities will help reduce housing costs, cut fuel emissions and put an end to exclusionary zoning, supporters of House Bill 1782 say.
Critics of the idea, however, say it will require significant overhauls in city infrastructure and reduce local control of housing options.
The bill addresses the “missing middle” — housi...
January 20, 2022
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FRANKFORT, Ky (WSAZ) - A former sheriff of Greenup County, Kentucky has been indicted for fraud and theft.
Last week, a federal grand jury sitting in Covington returned an indictment charging Keith Cooper, 68, with one count of mail fraud and one count of theft of property from a federally funded agency.
According to the indictment, from early 2013 through March of 2017, C...
January 20, 2022
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A year after dropping charges against an activist who exposed what many viewed as the inhumane killing of hundreds of pigs at two Iowa pork plants, prosecutors have dropped a second case against him.
The dismissal of the second case against Matt Johnson, an activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere, comes in the continued fight over Iowa’s so-called “ag gag” law...
