Court Administration

In Juneau, police confirmed that a member of the capitol security team forcibly moved a pro-life demonstrator in front of the capitol building a few days ago.   Right-to-Life protesters were holding a demonstration outside the capitol on Tuesday and...

Several states and U.S. territories are weighing in on a lawsuit over proposed graphic cigarette warning labels that include a sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs, saying the federal government should be allowed to require the...

WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...

BUDGET CUTS-UNEMPLOYMENT Budget cuts to reduce unemployment benefits PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota will be reducing extended unemployment compensation benefits by nearly 17 percent as part of federal budget cuts. The South Dakota Department of...

HARRISBURG — A dozen years ago, state Rep. Chris Ross voted to give himself and 252 other lawmakers 50 percent pension hikes, while state workers and teachers got 25 percent increases. On Tuesday, Ross said the 2001 pension vote was bad. That vote,...

Occupational licenses issued recently by county and municipal governments in Central Florida; data collected by Market Force Corp. of Newtown Square, Pa. Orange Bryan's Construction and Remodeling, remodeling, 8029 Village Green Road, Orlando, 32818....

The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil lies...

The Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioners have announced the hiring of Carrie Gray for the position of Franklin County assistant county administrator. Gray has been employed with the county for four years as the county’s director of grants and...

The federal government has the authority to detain and deport immigrants who violate the law. But it also has the responsibility to ensure that those it holds while they fight their deportation cases aren't locked up for months, or years, without an...

Occupational licenses issued recently by county and municipal governments in Central Florida; data collected by Market Force Corp. of Newtown Square, Pa. Osceola Ackley Florida Property Management, property management, 105 Green Cove Court, Kissimmee,...

The Somerset County Courthouse is a microcosm of the community that flows by its doors everyday. Within the same week there can be a wedding performed, an adoption finalized, a lawsuit filed, a passport picture snapped, a juror picked for trial, a...