Kansas Supreme Court Gives State Education Funding Ultimatum
The Kansas Supreme Court has given the state until June 30 to create a better system for financing public schools, threatening a court-ordered shutdown before the beginning of the next school year if the state fails to meet its obligations. The court ruling claims that the Republican-controlled Legislature has not improved upon the inequities between poor […]
‘The floodgates will open’ Calais migrants free to come to UK after landmark court ruling
THE floodgates were opened for Calais migrants to come to Britain after a court ruled four Syrian refugees should be immediately brought across the Channel to escape the “intolerable” conditions of the notorious Jungle camp. Daily Express :: World Feed
‘The floodgates will open’ Calais migrants free to come to UK after landmark court ruling
THE floodgates were opened for Calais migrants to come to Britain after a court ruled four Syrian refugees should be immediately brought across the Channel to escape the “intolerable” conditions of the notorious Jungle camp. Daily Express :: News Feed
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Forced Union Fees Case
Although the US Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that state governments could force teachers in public schools to pay mandatory union fees whether they were members of the union or not, that ruling is being reevaluated. This, the Supreme Court heard arguments that proposed that the “agency shop arrangement,” or “fair share fee” justified in Abood v. […]
Property investors set to challenge ‘unfair’ buy-to-let tax hike in court
BUY-to-let investors are set to challenge the Government’s “unfair” new plans to increase. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Tunisian Court Sentences Students to Prison for Homosexuality
Six students accused of homosexuality have been sentenced to up to three years in prison by a Tunisian court. The court also banned the students from their city for three years after their release. Following a condemnation by human rights activists, the court reduced the sentence for one of the men to two months. On December […]
Shamed Oscar Pistorius appears in court on bail plea after murder conviction
OSCAR PISTORIUS has appeared in court to apply for bail after judges changed his manslaughter conviction to murder last week. Daily Express :: World Feed
City bankers ‘offered curries and beers to fix Libor rates’, court hears
CITY bankers fixed Libor rates as favours for friends and in exchange for offers of treats like takeaway curries and drinks, a court heard today. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City bankers ‘offered curries and beers to fix Libor rates’, court hears
CITY bankers fixed Libor rates as favours for friends and in exchange for offers of treats like takeaway curries and drinks, a court heard today. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Court sides with U.S. government over NSA metadata collection program
WASHINGTON (Reuters, Lawrence Hurley) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has since been amended by Congress. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said there were not sufficient […]