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Thursday September 9, 2010
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Crimes and Courts News
Crime & Courts
Updated: 1 hour 19 min ago OK: Might economy curb jail-building boom in Oklahoma?The Great Recession has dealt many industries a heavy blow — perhaps even the county jail business in Oklahoma.
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TX: Lawmakers urge a change in how inmates are countedThough she represented her Dallas district in the Texas House for more than a decade, former state Rep. Terri Hodge could have been counted as a resident of Kentucky during this year's decennial census.
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AK: Alaska activist files ethics complaint over Palin e-mailsAn ethics complaint seeks an investigation into whether a one-time aide to former Gov. Sarah Palin has access to administration e-mails that haven't been made public.
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AZ: Horne, Rotellini trade barbs in AG debateDemocrat Felecia Rotellini said voters shouldn't elect Republican Tom Horne as attorney general because he's a career politician who committed securities fraud.
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AZ: Ariz. Green Party candidate dispute goes to judgeThe Arizona Green Party will ask a judge on Thursday to remove 11 of the party's nominees from the November ballot.
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AZ: Arizona attorney general candidates debate prioritiesThe two candidates for Arizona attorney general set differing priorities for that office as they argued over each other's qualifications for the law-enforcement post in a televised debate Wednesday.
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CA: Schwarzenegger's furlough, veto powers get day in courtThe California Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on two cases probing the bounds of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's authority: whether he can furlough state workers by executive order, and whether he can use his line-item veto power on midyear emergency budget cuts.
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CA: California high court leans toward furlough OKThe California Supreme Court appeared inclined Wednesday to uphold Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "furlough Friday" orders that have idled 200,000 state employees and shut down state agencies for three days a month.
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CA: Court won't order California to defend Prop. 8California's highest court on Wednesday refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's attorney general to appeal a federal ruling that overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban.
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CO: Ritter picks Monica Marquez for Colorado Supreme CourtThe appointment of Monica Marquez to the Colorado Supreme Court moves the state past a couple of ethnic and sexual-orientation milestones.
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CT: Report puts state's drivers among country's worstBridgeport drivers just can't seem to keep their eyes -- or their attention -- on the road. At least, that's Tasha Bullock's experience.
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FL: Union challenges class-size amendmentA proposed ballot amendment to ease Florida's class-size requirements was challenged in court Wednesday by the state's largest teachers union, but the judge made no decision. The Florida Education Association argued the summary that will appear on the November ballot doesn't fully explain Amendment 8's effect.
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IA: Iowa Right-to-Life suit seeks to put campaign law on holdAn anti-abortion group which functions as a corporation has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that calls for some disclosure of how corporations spend money on Iowa political campaigns.
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IA: O'Connor -- Iowa selection process is fairRetired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor praised Iowa's merit-selection process for judges Wednesday as the best way to pick fair and impartial jurists.
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ID: 3 current auditors say Idaho panel gave tax dealsThree current employees at the Idaho State Tax Commission have added their voices to a lawsuit claiming the state agency has given politically connected taxpayers inappropriate settlements.
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IL: Names of jurors in Blago retrial will be kept secret longerLawyers in the case against Rod Blagojevich were back in court today as U.S. District Judge James Zagel discussed how he will handle the jury at the retrial of the former governor.
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IL: Malpractice costs top $55 billion a year in U.S., Harvard study saysIllinois health care groups plan to use data to bolster push for tort reform.
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IL: Only slim majority wants Blagojevich retriedRod Blagojevich launched into a media tear following his mistrial last month, complaining to any interviewer who would listen that prosecutors were persecuting him by continuing to pursue their corruption case.
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IN: Court of Appeals to hear arguments at law schoolThe Indiana Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a murder appeal during a visit to the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.
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ME: Nonmedical prescription use at 'epidemic levels'Last year, 179 people died of drug overdoses in Maine — and 92 percent of those cases involved prescription drugs. By comparison, 155 people died in highway crashes.
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