State files response to right-to-work lawsuit Post-Tribune ...State officials have said that a lawsuit seeking to block the recently signed right-to-work legislation should fail because officials can’t be sued, according to a brief filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond...
State reduces visits to violent criminals on probation Tampa Bay Online ...Cost-saving measures by the Florida Department of Corrections have ended surprise home visits by probation officers to thousands of violent criminals and drug offenders who are under court-ordered supervision...
More time for Hostess New York Post ...A bankruptcy judge postponed a hearing set for March 5 after Hostess Brands requested a two-week extension while it continues to negotiate with its unions...
Will Wall Street Ever Face Justice? (opinion) New York Times ...after the savings-and-loan debacle of the late 1980s, more than 1,000 bank and thrift executives were convicted of felonies. But today the rate of federal prosecutions for financial fraud is less than half of what it was then...
Is Drug War Driven Mass Incarceration the New Jim Crow Forbes ...there is no denying that if your goal were to consign African Americans to a permanent underclass—one which the rest of us would be culturally and legally permitted to discriminate against in employment, housing, voting rights, and government benefits—the war on drugs would be a great way to do it...
Mansion servant enslaved by uber-rich New York family for six years Sideshow ...A wealthy New York woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as an indentured servant and forcing her to live in a closet for nearly six years...
