The Florida Department of Corrections is getting an influx of cash from a private vendor that handles monetary transactions inside prisons, at a steep cost to inmates’ loved ones. Now, with multimedia kiosks coming to every facility, it stands to gain even more, the Associated...
What Is An Asbestos Trust Fund? So the big question, what is an asbestos trust fund? In a nervous effort to escape massive legal consequences, many large corporations that used asbestos related products or used asbestos in their working environments have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
In 2013, Andy Lopez, 13, walked in Santa Rosa, Ca., loosely carrying at his side a plastic pellet gun that resembled an assault rifle. Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy Erick Gelhaus, an Iraq war veteran, thought the boy might be carrying an AK-47. Gelhaus jumped out...
Local governments across Alaska routinely hire police officers with criminal records, sometimes including felony and domestic violence convictions, the Anchorage Daily News reports. In some cases, the officers are employed in violation of state hiring requirements and continue law enforcement careers even while on criminal...
Journalists last week heard Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein review the government’s policies on obtaining information from reporters. Rosenstein said the guidelines created under President Obama remained in effect: barring certain circumstances, like an imminent threat to national security, reporters would be told in advance...
The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has added its weight to calls to ban guns for individuals “legally prohibited from owning them.” In an “action plan” on gun violence released Thursday, the nation’s top think tank on policing also called for strengthening the federal Background Check...