ADRIAN — With the all three of the missing Skelton brothers now being at least 18 years old, their mother is asking a court to declare them legally deceased. An evidentiary hearing into Tanya Zuvers’ petition is scheduled to begin July 29 in Lenawee County Probate Court. Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton have been missing […]
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Two congressmen request review after Times report on Central Valley water heist
Two members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to review how vulnerable the Bureau of Reclamation is to water theft following a Los Angeles Times report on an audacious and long-running heist from a federal canal in the Central Valley. The facts related in the story “raise serious concerns about how widespread water […]
Phoenix sued for not responding to records request regarding police union
Phoenix is being sued over not responding to a request for communications between elected officials and the city’s police union, according to a complaint filed in Maricopa County Superior Court on Wednesday. Ken Chapman, a local community organizer and activist, alleges that the city broke state public records law by failing to respond to his […]
Judge in Trump documents case grants request for lawyer-client privilege hearing
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former US president Donald Trump granted a defence request for a hearing on whether prosecutors improperly breached lawyer-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of Trump’s ex-lawyers. But US district judge Aileen Cannon also denied a request for a hearing on a separate […]
Judge in Trump classified docs case grants his request for one hearing but denies bid for another
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former president Donald Trump granted a defense request for a hearing on whether prosecutors improperly breached attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from of his ex-lawyers. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon also denied a request for a hearing on a […]
Judge in Trump documents case denies request for hearing over search warrant
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former US president Donald Trump has rejected a defence request for a hearing to argue that the Justice Department provided false and misleading information to obtain a warrant to search his Florida estate two years ago. But US district judge Aileen Cannon agreed to hold […]
Texas court denies request to reconsider governor’s pardon in BLM demonstrator’s killing
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court on Wednesday denied a request to consider whether to reverse Gov. Greg Abbott’s pardon of a man who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter demonstrator. The decision from the the all-Republican Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday at least temporarily blocked a prosecutor’s claims that […]
Oklahoma’s public colleges and universities request tuition increases
Offices of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, pictured June 11, 2024. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY – Fourteen presidents of Oklahoma’s public colleges and universities on Wednesday asked the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for hikes in tuition and fees. Many presidents said inflation was a reason for the proposed […]
North Dakota State Board of Higher Education members request 0.8% increase to operating budget for 2023-25
Jun. 25—GRAND FORKS — State Board of Higher Education members signed off on a request for a $2.84 billion operating budget for higher education in North Dakota for the 2025-27 biennium. That’s a 0.8% increase compared to the 2023-25 biennium, which has an operating budget of $2.82 billion. Board members signed off on that request […]
Judge questions Trump request to exclude evidence in documents case
By Andrew Goudsward FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case indicated on Tuesday that she was unlikely to grant his lawyers’ request to exclude swaths of evidence from trial on the grounds that FBI agents had been given too much leeway to search his property. At a hearing in a […]
Sublette County rejects Joe Ricketts’ request to scrub wildlife rules, slowing upscale resort
The Jackson Fork Ranch on the upper Hoback River, pictured here in 2021, is typical of the agricultural landscape in the Bondurant basin. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile) A billionaire’s planned Upper Hoback Road luxury resort could take as long as six years to construct because Sublette County is not granting his request to eliminate seasonal […]
Beijing urges UN not to consider Philippine request to extend continental shelf
China has formally urged a United Nations body not to consider a Philippine bid to extend the legal outer limits of its continental shelf in the disputed South China Sea. In a diplomatic note last week, China called on the UN’s Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf not to review the submission, which […]