Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Robert Spindell speaks at a Dec. 8, 2020 Stop the Steal rally. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner) Is Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul preparing to file charges against Wisconsin’s fake electors? So far he still won’t say. The question came up again last week, when Arizona became the fourth state to indict […]
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As PG&E bills skyrocket, will California lawmakers hold anyone accountable?
Unaffordable housing, high transportation and health care costs – it’s hard enough to get by in California without also worrying about cranking up the air, turning on the stove or simply keeping the lights on. But that’s what concerns many Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers who cannot afford to pay their soaring utility bills. […]
DEP holds Keystone Sanitary Landfill accountable for odor concerns
Apr. 2—WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has entered a Consent Order and Agreement (COA) with Keystone Sanitary Landfill for odor violations — including creating malodors — at its facility in the boroughs of Dunmore and Throop between November 2022 and February 2024, and impacting residents in several surrounding communities. The $575,000 […]
Should social media platforms be held accountable for the role victims say they play in mass shootings? One court makes a ‘historic’ decision.
A New York judge on March 19 denied the motion to dismiss a lawsuit against several social media platforms that alleged they contributed to the radicalization of Payton Gendron, the gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. in 2022. The lawsuit, which was originally filed in May 2023 on behalf […]
Outraged Mom Says Her Once Outgoing Teen Became Unrecognizable After Hours on Social Media; She’s Taking Legal Action to Hold TikTok Accountable
Lakeeta B., a mother of two kids living in Washington, D.C., said she began noticing a change in her outgoing daughter’s interests and demeanor when she was around 14 years old. Her daughter was a cheerleader, a gymnast and “a really, really good kid,” she told Atlanta Black Star. But Lakeeta’s daughter soon became someone […]
Biden administration to impose major sanctions to hold Russia accountable for Navalny’s death
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that his administration will announce major sanctions Friday to hold Russia accountable for the death last week of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Biden confirmed the forthcoming package to reporters before leaving for a campaign trip to the West Coast. “What I came to tell you was we’d […]
Putin ‘will be held accountable’ for Navalny’s death
Russian President Vladimir Putin “will be held accountable” for the death of opposition campaigner Alexei Navalny, the European Union’s foreign affairs chief said on Monday. “Vladimir Putin & his regime will be held accountable for the death of Alexei Navalny,” Josep Borrell posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Quoting Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Borrell […]
Biden vows to continue to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for Ohio derailment
Washington — President Biden visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, just over a year after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the small village near the Pennsylvania state line, and he vowed to hold the railway company Norfolk Southern accountable. “There are acts of God,” Mr. Biden said. “This was an act of greed that was 100% […]
Putin must be held accountable, says Yulia Navalnaya
Alexei Navalny‘s wife, Yulia, has said that if the news of her husband’s death is true, Russian President Vladimir Putin must be brought to justice. She said Mr Putin and his allies “should be held personally responsible for all the atrocities they have committed in Russia”. Yulia Navalnaya also called on the international community to […]
Bill holding Wyoming public utilities accountable for reliable energy is forwarded to Senate floor
Feb. 15—CHEYENNE — Lawmakers forwarded a bill back to the Senate floor on Thursday that is designed to take a proactive stance to ensure public utilities provide reliable power generation. Senate File 22, “Public service commission — electricity reliability,” passed the Senate Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee on a unanimous vote of 5-0. If […]
Yellow Medicine County wants Park Service to hold state accountable for replacement recreation
Feb. 13—GRANITE FALLS — On the eve of the transfer of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Upper Sioux Community , the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners is making known its dissatisfaction with the process of finding “replacement recreational opportunities” for the affected area. At their meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13, the commissioners […]
Those complicit in the spoiling of Ukrainian grain on Polish border must be held accountable – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has responded to the incident on the Polish-Ukrainian border which resulted in the spoiling of Ukrainian grain. Source: Dmytro Kuleba on Twitter (X) Details: Kuleba said that the spoiling of Ukrainian grain on the Polish border was “unacceptable” and stressed that any farmer “should know how much hard work it […]