JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s House speaker once described “stupid Republican women” as “an invasive species,” according to a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed against the powerful lawmaker Friday. House Chief Clerk Dana Miller’s lawsuit alleged GOP House Speaker Dean Plocher and his Chief of Staff Rod Jetton retaliated against her after she raised concerns […]
The city of Boise will pay $675,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the city’s former director of police accountability, Jesus Jara, according to a Friday news release and court documents provided by the city. Jesus Jara sued the city of Boise after he was fired in late 2022. He will receive over $430,000 for […]
May 23—For only the second time since Portland’s rent control law went into effect, the rent board recommended that the city fine a landlord for breaking the 2020 law. In a unanimous vote Wednesday night, the rent board found that Elizabeth Kane retaliated against her Sawyer Street tenants when she rescinded her offer of a […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas man faces more than 30 charges after police said he attempted to kill a teenager in a “retaliation” killing sparked by a feud between his family and the victim’s, according to documents obtained by 8 News Now. On March 11, shortly before 8:30 p.m., a man called 911 […]
A Lyndhurst police sergeant who was reinstated with back pay in February has filed another lawsuit against the township, the mayor, the police chief and a police captain, saying they violated the state’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act. Richard Pizzuti said he was subjected to retaliation because he told his supervisors of activities he believed were […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A member of the Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees and his wife were arrested Thursday, May 9 and charged with obstruction or retaliation, according to court records. Ricardo Castellano is the second Socorro ISD Trustee to be arrested on Thursday, April 9. Socorro ISD Trustee arrested for official […]
May 2—FROSTBURG — A local business has settled in a federal case that involved charges of discrimination. According to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission press release, Savage River Lodge, LLC and Little Crossings, LLC, doing business as Fronterra Resources — collectively referred to as Savage River Lodge — will pay $150,000 “and furnish significant […]
A $5 million whistleblower lawsuit accuses Oregon State Police of ignoring reports of misconduct and retaliating against the sergeant who made them. The lawsuit alleges the incident is part of a larger pattern of misconduct involving OSP leadership. Longtime Oregon State Police employee Sgt. Ian McKay is suing the State of Oregon alleging retaliation for […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hinted on Monday that it could retaliate after U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation to boost Taiwan’s defences and seeks to get TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest from the social media platform. Biden signed the legislation on a military aid package on Wednesday, with most of the money going […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday. Each year about 300,000 immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take seasonal jobs on U.S. farms. The new rule, which takes effect June 28, will target […]
Israel last week responded to Iran’s unprecedented attack earlier this month with a one-off strike. Friday’s strike raised questions about the limited nature of the attack and how it unfolded. Israel’s president told Axel Springer media outlets that it’s “best” for people to remain “puzzled.” Israel’s lone strike on an Iranian military base last week quickly raised […]
Iran’s top foreign affairs official dismissed weapons launched against the country by neighboring Israel as “toys” and said there was no plan to retaliate. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian downplayed the Israeli strike during an interview on Friday, hours after the impact. “What happened last night wasn’t a strike,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told NBC […]