The Des Moines Register dates its founding to July 26, 1849, when publisher Barlow Granger printed the first edition of the Iowa Star. We’ll be celebrating with special content throughout the month of July. We also want to recognize other longtime institutions that have contributed to the tapestry of life in Iowa, so we earlier […]
The Des Moines Register celebrates its 175th anniversary in July, and we’re planning special coverage throughout the month. But we didn’t want to make this just about us. We’ve asked other Iowa businesses that are a century or more old to share news about their operations for an online listing, and we will feature a […]
Republican voters in Meridian this month will decide whether to back Idaho’s incumbent legislative delegates or seek a change in the primary election. Three incumbents representing Legislative District 21 are running to return to the Idaho Capitol in the May 21 GOP primary. District 21 covers Meridian neighborhoods bordered by West Ustick Road on the […]
Republican voters in Nampa’s Legislative District 12 will have to choose between incumbent legislators and their challengers in contested House and Senate races in this month’s primary. District 12 covers a large swath of Nampa south of Interstate 84, and it’s home to some of the Legislature’s more conservative Republican members. In the upcoming May […]
Democratic voters in Garden City and Boise may have some tough choices in the coming May primary election — including whether to send two incumbents, a tenant advocate and public policy instructor, back to the Capitol for the next two years or choose to go in a different direction. Two incumbents are facing challengers for […]
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – Georgia’s appeals court has agreed to hear former U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting him over his attempts to undo his defeat in the 2020 election, according to a court order on Wednesday. The ruling prolongs the legal battle over a former romance between Fani […]
SHEBOYGAN — A Wisconsin Administrative Law Judge will hear an appeal in June of a former Van Horn Automotive Group employee who alleges the company violated the state’s fair employment law and fired him because of his race. Zach Norman filed a discrimination complaint with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Equal Rights Division in […]
This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Sound the alarm bell — we are about to have a post-earnings Elon Musk sighting. The annual Milken conference, held at the Beverly Hills Hilton, is financial media’s version of the Oscars. It’s […]
May 2—The Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear Douglas Jeffrey Haines’ appeal in his rape case in a ruling Tuesday. According to a brief filed by Haines, he pleaded guilty to three counts of rape, first-degree felonies, and was sentenced to 28 to 33 years in prison. He was accused of raping a minor between […]
A child’s hankering for hot wings prompted a peculiar request — and a 911 call. The Atlanta Police Department advised 911 is only for emergencies after someone used the emergency line to “order some finger-lickin’ goodness,” according to an April 24 Facebook post. The department shared a recording of the call, on which a caller […]
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide the legality of a federal regulation aimed at reining in homemade “ghost guns” as President Joe Biden’s administration combats the increasing use of the largely untraceable weapons in crimes nationwide. The justices took up the administration’s appeal of a lower […]
Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial in his hush-money case starts in earnest Monday morning with opening statements that mark a momentous day in US history. Trump is the first American president, former or sitting, to face a criminal trial and the proceedings also play out against a 2024 presidential race in which Trump is almost […]