A report by a group reviewing Florida bar admission standards for the first time in 15 years has called for a number of changes, including a permanent bar on readmission…
A little over two years ago, when it became public that a longtime city manager in Largo, Fla., planned to undergo a sex change, he was immediately fired from his…
Opening a new chapter in the ongoing debacle over the federal government’s stunningly unsuccessful prosecution of then-Sen. Ted Stevens for corruption, the legislature of his home state of Alaska today…
Gaining the required two-thirds majority by the smallest possible margin, 100-49, Vermont’s House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill (PDF) allowing gays…
Seeking to implement a game plan reminiscent of the one that helped catapult Barack Obama into the White House, former vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has retained Washington,…
Federal prosecutors in Chicago today unveiled a much-awaited indictment not only against impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich but his brother and four other aides and associates.
As federal agents today seized a 55-foot yacht owned by convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, other owners of less expensive watercraft reportedly are abandoning ship on boats they can no…
The state of Connecticut is being sued by a group of prominent lawyers over its plan to transfer $2 million from the Client Security Fund to resolve a budget shortfall,…
In the wake of unprecedented emergency federal spending to deal with the nation’s dismal economy, the Obama administration is now asking financial experts to help figure out how to increase…
Working undercover to investigate whether the federal watchdog charged with enforcing U.S. labor laws is doing its job, agents of the Governmental Accountability Office found that nine of 10 complaints…
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