by Cooper Moran | Jan 17, 2022
Ohio Auditor Keith Faber released a report on Thursday, detailing that the state dished out approximately $118 million in unapproved payments to prisoners in the state and deceased individuals. Over a three-year period, $101 million was sent to incarcerated...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 17, 2022
The Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, a division within the Georgia Attorney General’s office, indicted four Fulton County individuals on multiple trafficking and cruelty to children charges. Two individuals, Raphel Olivia Sewer and Jody Netter, were...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 17, 2022
Wisconsin legislators are proposing making May “Law Enforcement Appreciation Month.” The resolution was introduced on Friday and is written and co-sponsored by over three dozen lawmakers in both the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly. Law Enforcement...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 17, 2022
A Rochester man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the May 2020 arson of a pawn shop that led to the death of a man. According to court documents, on May 28, 2020, in the riots that followed the death of George Floyd, Montez Terriel Lee, along with other...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 17, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last week said he disagreed with former President Donald Trump’s (R) decisions to shut down the economy in the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The latest comments from the governor indicate a growing split between DeSantis and...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 17, 2022
This week, the Florida House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee will take up a piece of legislation that could ban abortions in Florida after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill, HB 5, is sponsored by Florida State. Rep. Erin Grall (R-FL-54). The bill is...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 17, 2022
Governor Bill Lee’s office announced Friday that the Biden administration has qualified twelve counties to receive Major Disaster Declaration relief after a tornado-producing storm front tore through the state in early December. “I appreciate the hard...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 17, 2022
The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration announced Friday that revenues for December 2021 were higher than expected and exceeded the monthly revenues from the previous year. On an accrual basis, December is the fifth month in the 2021-2022 fiscal...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 17, 2022
Metro Nashville Council has posted the agenda for the next meeting, which takes place on January 18. Included in the agenda are board appointments, settlements for property damages, approval of grant applications, zoning, and other expenditures totaling...
by The Center Square | Jan 17, 2022
by Mary Stroka Families who get their child in the 5- to 11-year-old age group vaccinated for COVID-19 are eligible for a new round of $200 incentives, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday. Families will receive one $200 VISA gift card per child who...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 17, 2022
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will accept applications beginning Monday, January 17 for grants from the state’s Tire Environmental Act Program (TEAP), according to a Friday press release by the department. The grants are to...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 17, 2022
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) responded to the recent spike in inflation, calling it a “tax on the middle class.” Johnson said in an interview with Fox News that “Biden and the Democrats have spent trillions to pay people to sit at home and not work.” This 7%...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 17, 2022
The popular restaurant chain, Texas Roadhouse, is opening a new location in Powell, Tennessee this year and will employ 230 workers. The chain is best known for its steaks, ribs, and fresh-baked rolls with garlic butter. The new location in north-west Knoxville...
