The U.S. Supreme Court sided with business owners with religious objections and against the Obama administration on Monday in the closely watched ruling on the coverage of contraceptives under the Universal Employee Health Insurance program. The court said that it was not shown that the mandate is the least restrictive means of guaranteeing cost-free access […]
The woman who harbored the Fairbanks fugitive Julius “JT” Chambers after he escaped from the Fairbanks police on June 16th, is now herself in the custody of the Fairbanks Police Department. 35-year-old Cindy Roeder, who goes by her maiden name Cindy Seurer, was arrested outside of the courtroom during a hearing for Chambers on Thursday. She was […]
Long-Time Senator and Watergate Investigator Howard Baker Dies at 88 Former U.S. Republican senator Howard Baker, who became a household name during the 1973 Watergate hearings, has died at 88 following a stroke. Baker was admired by politicians from both parties as a plain-speaking moderate. He was elected to the Senate from Tennessee in […]
The Supreme Court voted twice on Monday in the case UTILITY AIR REGULATORY GROUP v.ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, handing the EPA a victory in one vote but struck down the EPA in another. In a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA could force major polluters, such as coal-fired plants and factories, to utilize […]