Jackson County Circuit Court’s downtown Kansas City courthouse is closed Friday because of a water outage, a court spokesperson said. It’s unclear when the courthouse at 415 East 12th Street will reopen. All hearings scheduled to take place in the downtown courthouse Friday have been canceled and will be rescheduled, said Scott Lauck, a spokesperson […]
Jun. 28—JEFFERSON — A Geneva man was bound over to an Ashtabula County Grand Jury on Thursday on two charges related to a June 20 shooting in Williamsfield Township, according to Eastern County Court records. Gabriel Heniger, 19, of Geneva, waived his right to a preliminary hearing after being charged with a first degree felony, […]
Jun. 14—Duke Energy has applied to state regulators for an operating plan that would raise electric service rates 6.5% over three years. Regulators have scheduled public hearings to give residents a chance to comment on the plan The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) scheduled public hearings for 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at the MidPoint […]
Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees rally Tuesday at a Division of Parole and Probation office in Catonsville. The union issued nearly a dozen demands for improved safety and staffing following the May 31 death of Parole Agent Davis Martinez, the first agency employee to die in the line of […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., may not be a committee chair, but perhaps no Republican lawmaker has more forcefully clashed with elite university leaders over how they are handling antisemitism on campus. Her line of questioning at a December hearing helped push the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania out of their jobs. […]
With Donald Trump’s New York trial heading to summations next week, a hearing in his classified documents prosecution is a reminder that the hush money case may be his only criminal one that gets tried before the election — and possibly ever. When it comes to the classified documents case, the delay is due in […]
The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority yet again went further than it had to. This time, the court approved stingy safeguards for civil forfeiture proceedings, when law enforcement takes your personal property, such as a car, that is allegedly tied to crime, even if you’re innocent. Led by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the majority said Thursday that, […]
A California oversight agency held its second hearing on the state’s homeowner insurance issues Thursday. Like the first meeting, there was a conspicuous person absent: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Major companies are dropping policies and limiting business across the state, leaving homeowners with fewer options and higher prices. The Little Hoover Commission, which makes recommendations […]
Reparations bills to fund reparations policy and tackle past racially motivated eminent domain that took property from and displaced Black Californians sailed through their first hearings this week at the state Capitol. The bills are part of the historic 2024 Reparations Priority Bill Package introduced in February by the California Legislative Black Caucus. “This is […]
Boeing was the subject of dual US Senate hearings on Wednesday as Congress examined allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer. The company has been pushed into crisis mode since a door-plug panel blew off a 737 Max jetliner during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. The Senate Commerce Committee heard from […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Preliminary hearings open Monday at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end of German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is “facilitating” acts of genocide and breaches of international law in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Israel strongly denies its […]
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story indicated that RTA would be considering raising adult ride fares from $1.75 to $2. That was the last fare increase RTA implemented in 2018. People can tell RTA how they feel about possible fare changes next month. RTA has proposed changes to all fare charges, including raising […]