Texas is charging prisoners 50% more for bottled water as they struggle to endure a deadly heatwave in facilities without air conditioning
The price rise hit prisoners seeking bottled water as temperatures eclipse the 100 degree mark in unairconditioned facilities. The state vendor asked to raise the price and two state agencies signed o...
A fmr IRS lawyer and regular Trump donor who voted twice (in FL and OH) in the last two general elections tells the court it was all a big accident, both times.
James Saunders, a 56-year-old former attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, did not mean to commit a crime when he cast ballots in both Cuyahoga County and Broward County, Florida, counties where ...
Ohio is marching toward a hugely consequential referendum on abortion rights this November: organizers have filed a lot more signatures than required, tho now we wait to see what the state says.
Two trucks loaded with more than 400 boxes rolled into the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Wednesday including 710,000 signatures abortions rights advocates say prove they have the support they need ...
A month from today, Ohioans will weigh in on a new constitutional amendment that would change the rules for passing ballot initiatives going forward. Republican lawmakers rushed this election in an attempt to defeat a possible abortion measure in the fall:
Republicans have attained a near-lock on governance in Ohio. But as they rush to stop a popular drive to protect abortion access in the state, they’re moving to limit voters’... Read More
🚨 NEW: Early this morning, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit allowed TN’s ban on gender affirming care for minors to go into effect. (The district court had blocked the law.) The first federal ct op in favor of these laws. https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/23a0146p-06.pdf
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French Assembly passes bill allowing police to remotely activate phone cameras and microphones for surveillance
France has advanced a bill that would let police snoop on suspects' phones, including cameras..
"The weathered photo of Officer Venable had not actually spent decades in the mayor’s wallet. It had been created by employees in the mayor’s office in the days after Mr. Adams claimed to have been carrying it in his wallet" (free link)
Mayor Eric Adams has often talked about a wrinkled photo of a fallen police officer that he kept in his wallet. Now that photo and the story have been called into question.
Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights needed 413,000 valid signatures to get abortion on the ballot in November. They’ve submitted over 700,000.
COLUMBUS, OH — In a demonstration of overwhelming grassroots support, Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, the non-partisan umbrella organization that is leading the effort to enshrine
I have a piece in The NYT this morning. When a Minneapolis suburb hired a Black chief and assistant chief, over half the department quit. Yet the world didn’t end. When cops would rather quit than respect the wishes of the communities they serve, maybe it’s okay to let them go.
The charming town has a powerful tale to tell.