Orange County supervisors Tuesday extended the contract of Martin Schwarz as the Orange County public defender. Schwarz has led the agency for nearly three years. He was appointed interim public defender in June 2020, then got the job officially in May 2021. Schwarz succeeded Sharon Petrosino, who retired in June 2020. Schwarz’s contract will run […]
Today’s meeting was a continuation of a proxy fight some legislators are waging against the corrections board on behalf of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
JUAB COUNTY, Utah, April 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Juab County Sheriff officials are seeking tips from the public after a woman said she was headed to a neighboring ranch to work, and has not been seen since. Elizibeth Green, who goes by Lizzy, was last seen on Wednesday of last week, April 17. Officials […] The post Juab County Sheriff officials seek info on missing woman first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
(The Center Square) – Hurt feelings may be lingering for some Republicans following the GOP party convention in Spokane last weekend, but the state party chair tells The Center Square that the media coverage of the event was unfair. Multiple news organizations reported the three-day gathering of candidates and delegates as “chaotic” with “rules being broken” to support certain candidates. But Jim Walsh, chair of the Washington State Republican Party, says that was...
(The Center Square) - The Arkansas Joint Performance Review Committee will meet again Tuesday to discuss its findings on the Board of Corrections' actions when it hired a private attorney. Sen. Jim Petty, R-Van Buren, made a motion to turn over the findings to the Arkansas Inspector General. He said in his motion that the BOC operated with disregard for public transparency and lacked financial and statutory authority to enter into the contract. Petty also said there are perceived...
The Lafayette public library board of control president defended the new book display policy in a press release on Tuesday.
If it weren't for the fact that they are running interference for the worst president in the history of the republic, and one of the most deeply and fundamentally corrupt political figures since Huey Long - maybe Caligula - I'd almost feel sorry for White House staffers. These poor saps are trying to cover up President Joe Biden's mental and physical decline, and it's getting harder by the day. Every time the president speaks, it's another Gaffe-A-Palooza, and the problem is this: Every time he...
Governor Phil Scott's chief of staff on Friday defended his boss's commitment to education and flatly denied the administration had tried to meddle in the past appointment of an education secretary. Jason Gibbs' email was a response to striking testimony that former State Board of Education chair Krista Huling gave on Wednesday before the House Education Committee. Huling, who led the board's search committee that resulted in the 2018 appointment of former education secretary Dan French,...
The sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in Queens. City Council members questioned the Department of Correction’s "convoluted" process for investigating sexual assault claims by detainees. [ more › ]
An attorney said Soddy Daisy Police Capt. Eric Jenkins and Lt. Jake Elrod were suspended with pay "as retaliation for their truthful testimony in the Justin Whaley case."
Republican legislators have devoted three meetings this month to grilling corrections board members over whether they broke the law by hiring an outside attorney.
In the summer of 2019, only hours after an Iranian rocket accidentally exploded at one of Iran's own launch sites, senior U.S. officials met with then-President Donald Trump and shared a sharply detailed, highly classified image of the blast's catastrophic aftermath. Worried that the image becoming public could hurt national security efforts, intelligence officials urged Trump to hold off until more knowledgeable experts were able to weigh in, the sources said.