FAIRBANK, Iowa — Northeast Iowa residents have won a fight to remove three large wind turbines as the state Supreme Court declined to hear a ...
Read More »Neglected Oregon horse listed as $100K lawsuit plaintiff
PORTLAND, Ore. — A horse is listed as the plaintiff in a $100,000 lawsuit against the animal’s former Oregon owner, amid claims her negligence left ...
Read More »Supreme Court notebook: Why not live audio?
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is not noted for its speed or adaptability, but it moved very quickly to post a link to an audio ...
Read More »Federal court sides with Florida in voting rights battle
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — With time running out, a federal appeals court late Wednesday sided with Florida in an escalating battle over the state’s process ...
Read More »Supreme Court seems divided over Texas redistricting
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday over Texas’ appeal to preserve congressional and legislative districts that a lower court struck down as racially ...
Read More »Judge deals setback to Trump on ‘Dreamers’ program
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must resume a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from ...
Read More »Minnesota weighs keeping legal opening for cameras in courts
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hold a public hearing Wednesday on whether it should make permanent a pilot project that has allowed news cameras in ...
Read More »Judge: Enbridge Line 3 project should follow existing route
Minnesota regulators should approve Enbridge Energy’s proposal for replacing its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline only if it follows the existing route rather than ...
Read More »Appeals court allows necessity defense in pipeline protest
Four protesters can present an unusual “necessity defense” against criminal charges stemming from efforts to shut down two Enbridge Energy oil pipelines, the Minnesota Court ...
Read More »U.S. appeals court rejects copyright suit over monkey selfies
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. copyright law does not allow lawsuits claiming animals have copyrights to photographs, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday in a case ...
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