AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Mar 22 2024
News
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging DC noncitizen voting law
A federal judge on Thursday tossed a conservative legal group's lawsuit against a controversial Washington, D.C. law that allows noncitizens — including illegal immigrants and foreign embassy staff members — to vote in municipal elections. In a 12-page opinion, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the plaintiffs, a group of U.S. citizen voters represented by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI
Fox News (Online News)Mar 19 2024
News
Lawsuit against Youngkin administration over voting rights to proceed
A lawsuit filed against Gov. Glenn Youngkin last summer over his administration’s changes to voting rights restorations has been found to have merit by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The suit, filed last June, includes Virginia’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, voting rights group Protect Democracy, and law firm WilmerHale. They joined forces to
Richmond Times DispatchMar 18 2024
News
Las Vegas realtors ‘worried’ after proposed lawsuit settlement
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Experts say the result of a proposed settlement to a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors will change how people buy and sell homes in southern Nevada. The lawsuit, filed in Kansas City, Missouri, challenged the legality of “cooperative compensation offers” that force selling agents to offer “blanket unilateral offers of compensation” to buyers’ agents in
KLAS 8Mar 21 2024
News
Federal judge tossed lawsuit challenging D.C.’s nonresident voting law
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a lawsuit challenging a district law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections, ruling the plaintiffs did not prove the law violates their rights. In an opinion issued Thursday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled against a group of seven plaintiffs — all of whom are U.S. citizens and registered to vote in D.C. — who argued the city’s “Local
The HillMar 24 2024
News
Former Md. police officer wins lawsuit over sexual assault, harassment
A federal jury has awarded nearly $400,000 to a former Prince George’s County police officer who said in a lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by her lieutenant and then retaliated against for reporting it. Kara McMurray testified during her two-week trial in U.S. District Court in Maryland that after she reported the assault in 2019 — which led to a criminal conviction of the now-former
Washington PostMar 21 2024
News
Former Stillwater junior high school teacher settles civil lawsuit
STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) – A former Stillwater junior high school teacher released from prison after serving time for engaging in sexual communication with a minor has settled his sexual misconduct lawsuit. Alberto Morejon, pled guilty to Engaging in Sexual Communication with a Minor by Use of Technology. At the time, he was working for Stillwater Public Schools as a junior high school teacher
KFOR 4Mar 21 2024
News
Judge dismisses former WPD deputy chiefs’ lawsuit against Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that three former Wichita Police Department deputy chiefs filed against the City of Wichita last year. Former Deputy Chiefs Wanda Givens, Chester Pinkston and Jose Salcido sued nine defendants: the City of Wichita, City Manager Robert Layton, former Human Resources Director Chris Bezruki, former interim Police Chief Troy Livingston
KSN TVMar 18 2024
News
Gregory, Dodson settle property management lawsuit in Richmond court
RICHMOND, Va. -- Avoiding a trial that had been set for next month, two prominent local real estate players have resolved a year-long property management legal spat.
Rick Gregory of Lynx Ventures and Duke Dodson last week settled the $2 million lawsuit Gregory brought against Dodson in late 2021, alleging that Dodson’s namesake property management firm mismanaged apartments that Gregory
WTVR 6Mar 26 2024
News
Lawsuit over release of VUMC transgender health records can continue, judge rules
A lawsuit against Vanderbilt University Medical Center over the release of medical records of some patients of its transgender health clinic will move forward albeit with a narrower scope, a judge ruled Monday. Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal dismissed four of the plaintiffs' 10 claims against VUMC in the ruling, narrowing the issues down mostly to the plaintiffs' accusations
The TennesseanJan 15 2024
News
Washington AG sues to stop Kroger-Albertsons merger, citing anti-trust laws
AG Bob Ferguson's office claims that the merger will hike grocery prices and create near-grocery monopolies in some Washington communities. SEATTLE — A merger between grocery chain giants Kroger and Albertsons would limit competition in Washington state, give consumers fewer choices and hike grocery prices, according to a lawsuit aimed at stopping the deal filed by the Washington State
KING 5 News