The income limit for seniors, disabled, or service-connected disabled veterans to qualify for a property tax exemption jumped across Washington state this year, and the number of individuals applying for the break has dramatically increased in Kitsap County through the first half of 2024. The Washington State Legislature passed the Substitute House Bill 1355 in […]
The officer whose promotion continues to be the last to remain blocked by the Senate now has another year to see if he’ll be made brigadier general. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness approved a one-year extension of Col. Ben Jonsson’s promotion eligibility period, a defense official said Tuesday. […]
As of March 31, the most recent data available, the state had received 418 claims, many of them this year, according to the office administering the fund. (Annmarie Timmins | New Hampshire Bulletin) The state is responding on two fronts to the hundreds of claims of sexual and physical abuse from individuals held as children […]
After state officials told the Katonah-Lewisboro school district it had to continue educating a 21-year-old student with autism for an additional year, the school district sued the state to overturn that ruling. Earlier this month, a judge in Kingston sided with Katonah-Lewisboro, finding that it had no obligation to extend the student’s education until his […]
Reporters monitoring the Supreme Court‘s calendar noticed an item pop up for Monday hinting that they may be looking to decide on the matter of Trump’s Colorado primary ballot eligibility, which will likely set a precedent for other states trying to boot him. As The New York Times points out, the announcement said Monday’s opinion or […]
The nation awaits a pivotal decision from the Supreme Court, possibly coming as soon as Monday, in a case that could determine whether former President Donald Trump will be barred from the 2024 ballot. The case revolves around efforts to disqualify Trump from future presidential races following his endeavors to overturn the results of the […]
WASHINGTON — Couy Griffin is a fervent supporter of Donald Trump, but he has an additional reason for hoping the Supreme Court rules that the former president can stay on the ballot in Colorado — the decision could benefit him as well. Griffin, a founder of “Cowboys for Trump,” was criminally convicted for his participation […]
Feb. 8—Brown v. Board of Education. Watergate. Bush v. Gore. The Army-McCarthy hearings. Thursday’s oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court. These divisive moments in the United States’ past united millions of people in one common goal: to witness history made in real time. Some law students and professors in Idaho were among droves of […]
WASHINGTON — It usually takes the Supreme Court about three months after an argument to issue a decision. The biggest rulings tend not to arrive until late June, no matter how early in the term the cases were argued. But the case argued Thursday is different, and the nation can expect a prompt ruling. The […]
Jonathan Mitchell, left, and Jason Murray. (Law.com and Olson Grimsley). The Washington Post has some good background on the two lead lawyers who will be arguing the case in front of the Supreme Court. • Jonathan Mitchell, a former Texas solicitor general, will be representing Trump. Mitchell is a graduate of the University of Chicago […]
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Thursday for oral arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is eligible for a second term in the White House, a dispute that puts the nine justices into new legal territory and could have sweeping implications for the 2024 presidential race. The case before the high court, […]
Just 109 words. Whether Donald Trump can legally return to the White House will come down to how the Supreme Court interprets two rarely-invoked sentences written more than a century and a half ago as a battle-torn nation sought to recover from the Civil War. Those two sentences make up Section 3 of the 14th […]