Connecticut inaugurates Gov M Jodi Rell with ethics push
Connecticut sworn in as 87th governor M Jodi Rell moves to reform ethics in the executive branch. She signs a first order requiring state contract overseers to file personal financial statements and contractors to disclose political contributions, signaling a shift from the Rowland era. Rowland resigns amid federal probe and layoffs. Bell announces resignations for many agency commissioners, aiming to restore public trust.
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Hartford
Bell
Rell
Rowland
Sonal
State Ethics Commission
Connecticut
Environmental Protection
Corrections
Republican Party
West
M. Jodi Rell
State Capitol
John G. Rowland
Neighbors accused in mail poisoning plot against mayor family
Stephanie Eickhoff, Edwardsville mayor, had barred her children from the front yard for years amid a feud with Ralph Trout and Donna Ozuna-Trout. Prosecutors say the couple mailed cakes and soda laced with antifreeze and lye in an attempted murder case. The Eickhoffs spent weeks in hiding before returning home.
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Kansas City, Mo
Stephanie Eickhoff
Eickhoffs
Eickhoff
Edwardsville
Kan
Kansas City
Kickhoffs
Ralph Trout
Donna Ozuna-Trout
Nick Tomasic
Virginia judge blocks day of rest law for Virginia firms
A Virginia judge issued a 90 day injunction halting a failed law requiring private businesses to grant employees a Saturday or Sunday rest day if requested. The measure, enacted after repealing blue laws, would fine noncompliant employers up to 500 dollars per offense and pay triple wages for forced work. Dominion Resources Smithfield Packing and International Paper opposed the specific day stipulation as unconstitutional.
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Virginia
T.J. Markow
Hugh Keough
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Mark R. Warner
Dominion Resources
Smithfield Packing
International Paper
Lawyers sue over secretly taped client visits at Brooklyn center
A group of Legal Aid lawyers accuse a former federal warden and prison officers of secretly recording conversations with Arab and Muslim immigrants detained after 9 11 at the Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn. They noticed cameras in attorney visit areas in fall 2001 and say the DOJ found over 40 taped visits.
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New York
Metropolitan
Brooklyn
Justice Department
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