Day: June 9, 2023

MT gas plant to resume construction after judge reverses climate-based permit suspension

10:55 pm June 9, 2023

NorthWestern Energy will resume construction of a natural gas power plant along Montana’s Yellowstone River following a two-month delay, a company spokesperson said Friday, after a state judge revived a pollution permit for the project despite lingering concerns over its climate-changing emissions. Work on the $250 million plant near the town of Laurel was largely […]

Stephen A. Smith promotes Chris Christie’s presidential bid on social media: ‘He’s a friend’

10:34 pm June 9, 2023

Stephen A. Smith has not officially endorsed anyone for the 2024 presidential election, but it seems like he may have a favorite. Smith shared a link to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s contribution form to his 5.8 million Twitter followers. The ESPN analyst says the tweet is a way to find “the best” candidate […]

Robert Bell, judge who issued rare Michigan death sentence to convicted killer, dead at 79

10:17 pm June 9, 2023

Robert Holmes Bell, a federal judge for 30 years whose trials included one that led to a rare death sentence in Michigan, has died. He was 79. Bell died Thursday, Michelle Benham, the court’s chief deputy clerk, said Friday. A cause was not disclosed. He was “one of the giants” on the federal bench, said […]

Indiana ACLU sues over state’s ban on ‘human sexuality’ lessons through 3rd grade

10:15 pm June 9, 2023

A new Indiana law’s provision barring teachers from providing instruction on “human sexuality” to students from pre-K through the third grade is unconstitutional and so vaguely written that teachers wouldn’t know whether they are complying with it, a federal lawsuit filed Friday argues. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana’s lawsuit targets a portion of […]

New York lawmakers move to automatically seal old criminal records

10:14 pm June 9, 2023

People in New York who have old criminal records could have them automatically sealed as long as they remain out of trouble for a certain number of years under a bill passed by lawmakers in the state Assembly on Friday. The “clean slate” legislation would automatically seal most recent convictions — three years after serving […]