CAPITOL HILL—One week after the FBI recommended no charges against Hillary Clinton for her handling of emails as secretary of state, America’s top law enforcement officer declined to discuss specifics of the matter on Capitol Hill. Again and again Tuesday, Republican lawmakers demanded answers as to why the Justice Department is not prosecuting Clinton, the […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska–In a recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, employers may not mandate that tipped employees share tips with employees who do not customarily receive tips. The court decision does not prohibit “tip pooling” where only tipped employees share in the pool, however, tipped employees may not be required to share […]
A federal judge said Monday the north central state of Indiana cannot attempt to deter the resettlement of Syrian refugees, calling an order by Governor Mike Pence clearly discriminatory. After the November terror attacks in Paris, Pence ordered state agencies to suspend funding for groups that help refugees in Indiana. He said the measures would […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals filed Judge Schroeder’s opinion in the case of Alaska Oil and Gas Association versus Jewell on Monday, which reversed 2013 lower court decision that the designation of critical polar bear habitat was too extensive and not specific enough. Within a year of designation of the Polar Bear as an endangered species […]