River tax threat snarls Missouri river traffic and locks
A dispute over a new user fee for inland waterways challenges the free passage principle of the Northwest Ordinance. Congress seeks a four to six cent per gallon fuel tax amid a push to rebuild a 600 foot lock near St. Louis, risking higher costs for shippers and potential rail shifts. Captain Aldridge notes lock 26 delays cost his company $500 per hour as the system faces its final bottleneck.
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Mississippi
Congress
Riv
Carter
House of Representatives
Senate
Jester
Army Corps of Engineers
Midwest
Robert Aldridge
Aldridge
New Orleans
Lock No. 26
Issaquena
United
Prison term goals and moral reasoning in criminal law
A scholarly essay discusses how imprisonment serves as social condemnation and moral education. It contrasts utilitarian deterrence with retributive justice, considers preventive detention, and questions whether punishment is justified if it does not reduce crime or saves costs, citing Kant, Bentham, and historical examples.
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New Mexico
John Stuart Mill
Mill
Jeremy Bentham
Immanuel Kant
George Hegel
Francis Bradley
Kant
Nuremberg
Israel Karp
Clinton Correctional Facility
N.Y
Black Hawk County
Blair Wood
Wood
Washington seeks answer to welfare cheaters
Inside Story reports Washington state developing an approach to curb welfare fraud. The piece notes broader public concern and outlines the proposed policy framework and its intended impact on state benefits.
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Washington State
New York
J. A. Livingston
Iowa adopts sweeping new crime code after seven year struggle
Des Moines reports on the long debate over a modernized criminal code aimed at replacing an 1851 framework. Lawmakers faced limited public pressure while legal officials argued for clearer definitions and staged reforms. The measure, controversial yet near passage, sets new terms, penalties, and procedures ahead of its January 1 implementation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Richard Turner
Norman Jesse
D-Des Moines
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Turner
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Scott Newhard
D-Anamosa
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Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
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