Judge orders gay partners covered by State's insurance
Oregon Superior Court Judge Stephen Gallagher ruled the state must offer health benefits to the partners of gay state employees. The decision found the denial of spousal benefits discriminatory, aligning state policy with heterosexual recognition and prompting potential legislative scrutiny.
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Porrtland
Ore
Oregon
Stephen Gallagher
Oregon Employees’ Benefit Board
George Eightey
Lon Mabon
Oregon Citizens Alliance
Gallagher
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Peter Cogswell
Oregon Health Sciences University
Carl Kiss
Kiss
Adviser guilty in bond scam
A Concord investment adviser, Mark Ferber, was convicted on 58 counts of fraud and corruption for not disclosing to government clients that Merrill Lynch paid him an $800,000 retainer to steer business. The verdict follows a 38 day trial as regulators crack down on illegal tactics in the $1.2 trillion municipal securities market.
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Boston
Mark Ferber
Merrill Lynch
Patrick Fitzgibbons
New England
Grant
Municipal Bond Observer Magazine
Ferber
Concord
Vampire rapist arrested for drugs after release
In Tallahassee a 49 year old man known as the Vampire Rapist was rearrested one day after release for alleged probation violation due to marijuana use. John Crutchley, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and rape a decade ago, faced possible life terms as authorities prepared to return him to Brevard County. The Orange County sheriff voiced satisfaction at the development.
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Tallahassee
Fla
John Crutchley
Crutchley
Brevard County
Edward Richardson
Orlando
Maay
Orange County
Beary
Huckabee refuses Medicaid funding for teen abortion
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee defies a federal judge by blocking a $430 Medicaid payment for the abortion of a 15 year old girl whose stepfather faces incest charges. He cites the state constitution prohibiting public funds for abortion unless the mother's life is in danger as part of a legal strategy in a pending state court case.
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Little Rock, Ark
Mike Huckabee
Huckabee
Arkansas
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