The National Rifle Association is teaming up with the Mountain State Legal Fund to challenge a New Mexico law that puts a seven-day waiting period on firearms purchases. On Wednesday, the NRA announced on its website, “New Mexico’s ‘Unlawful Sale of a Firearm Before Required Waiting Period Ends Act’ requires the purchaser of a firearm […]
Pointing to the combination of an open border and declining confidence in elections, congressional Republicans are backing legislation to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. “Due to the wide-open border that the Biden administration has refused to close, practically engineered to open, we now have so many noncitizens in the country that if […]
A group of fired Google workers have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the tech giant of violating federal labor law after it fired 28 workers protesting the company’s cloud computing contract with Israel. In the complaint, the fired workers say Google violated their right to organize and advocate for better […]
Four women officers with the Seattle police department have filed a lawsuit accusing the police chief and the head of the public affairs department of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. The four plaintiffs have all, at one point, been “front-facing” officers involved in recruiting and media relations, but now paint a darker […]
The IRS struggled in the first year of its Direct File program, falling short of its original goal with just a little more than 140,000 people taking advantage of the online pilot program for calculating taxes without resorting to a paid option like TurboTax. Biden administration officials insisted the pilot was still a success, saying […]
CHICAGO — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. The 76-page federal complaint alleges the officers violated multiple laws and police department policies during the “predatory, violent, […]
A new report said the Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain is considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Under Chapter 11, a business can remain open while it reorganizes to deal with expenses such as debt that are putting a strain on profitability. Red Lobster’s object would be to exit some long-term contracts and renegotiate some […]
Yesterday I wrote about the grand jury report which was released in connection with the 2023 shooting of Abby Zwerner, a first grade teacher in Newport News, VA who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students. There’s another aspect of this story that I didn’t delve into yesterday but I looked into it further […]
TRENTON, N.J. — Frustrated at having unsuccessfully agitated for over three years to get lawmakers to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos, workers on Friday tried a new tactic. They filed a lawsuit to try to overturn a law that leaves casino workers as the only ones not covered by the protections of a clean […]
Workers at the Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama, will file this week for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. The employees at the SUV plant are hoping to join the United Auto Workers, which have been aggressively organizing at the Mercedes factory since the start of this year. UAW leadership didn’t give […]
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