NORTH DAKOTA Lawyers oppose victims’ rights measure A California businessman aiming to expand the rights of crime victims in several state constitutions has donated more ...
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Ex-N.Y. Assembly speaker gets 12 years
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CHICAGO — When he sentenced Dennis Hastert to more than a year in prison, the judge in the former House speaker’s hush-money case delivered the ...
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A Minnesota judge appointed a corporate trust company on Wednesday to temporarily oversee Prince’s multimillion-dollar estate, saying the emergency appointment was necessary because the superstar ...
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WISCONSIN Law toughens drunken driving penalties Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill creating tougher drunken driving penalties. The proposal makes a fourth drunken driving ...
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Appeals court: Virginia school’s transgender bathroom rule discriminatory RICHMOND, Va. — A policy barring a transgender student from using the boys’ restrooms at his Virginia ...
Read More »Across the Region: Riverboat owners take appeal to Iowa Supreme Court
IOWA Riverboat owners take appeal to Iowa Supreme Court Lawyers for the operator of the former Argosy Sioux City riverboat casino have asked the Iowa ...
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