Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tests in front of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, just a few days before a grand jury indicts him on three felony.Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton could soon be out of a job after being accused of several crimes. The […]
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson and his team on Friday were laying the groundwork for appointing a new St. Louis circuit attorney. “He does not have a list right now,” Kelli Jones, spokeswoman for the Republican governor, told the Post-Dispatch less than a day after Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner submitted her resignation, effective […]
Continue ReadingThis post was written by Julie Tappendorf and Tyler Smith of Ancel Glink and originally posted on Municipal Minute and reposted with permission. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against billboard companies in a First Amendment challenge to county sign codes. GEFT Outdoors, LLC v. Monroe County. A billboard company attempted to install […]
Continue ReadingNEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president. Bragg sent an internal memo late Saturday, hours after Trump unleashed a three-part, all-caps social media post […]
Continue ReadingThis post was originally published on the RLUIPA Defense blog by Evan Seeman, Esq. from Robinson & Cole, and reposted with permission. The district court has ruled that the City of Meriden, Connecticut (City) discriminated against Omar Islamic Center Inc. following the City’s rejection of the Islamic Center’s request to move its mosque to another […]
Continue ReadingComment on this story Comment Virginia’s attorney general announced the creation of a task force Wednesday to combat anti-Semitism, as anti-Semitic incidents have increased in Virginia and across the nation. The task force will monitor anti-Semitism, educate and investigate instances of hatred against Jews within the commonwealth, according to a news release from the office […]
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