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Wayne County s chief circuit judge ruled Thursday that Taylor Mayor Rick Sollars isn t eligible to appear on the Aug. 3 ballot because of his failure to file several campaign finance reports and pay fines prior to filing for reelection.
Chief Judge Timothy Kenny sided with the earlier findings of Taylor City Clerk Cynthia Bower, agreeing she made the right call last month when she declared that Sollars, who is under federal indictment, is ineligible. Kenny also dissolved a temporary restraining order he issued earlier this month that forced Taylor s Election Commission to certify Sollars for the ballot until he could hold a hearing.
Government Ethics & Transparency
Senior Adviser to President Joe Biden, Anita Dunn, is permitted to file confidential financial disclosure reports rather than public ones due to her status as a Special Governmental Employee, a type of federal employee with more lenient ethics requirements that are traditionally reserved for temporary employees. (Lee Fang,
Maryland: The communications director for Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby filed a complaint with the Federal Communication Commission alleging unfair and biased news coverage. However, the filing of the complaint itself raises potential ethics concerns. (Rielle Creighton, Fox 45 News)
Massachusetts: A federal jury heard testimony in the corruption trial of Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II, including claims that the mayor extorted $600,000 in bribes from marijuana vendors seeking to do business in the city. (Christopher Gavin,
âWe donât retreat here in Detroit. Weâre just not gonna do it. You saw the images ⦠of streets where there was lawlessness, looting, burning. No sign of police officers. We werenât giving up ground to the radicals. We just didnât do it.â
That was Detroit Police Chief James Craig last July, in the wake of the nationwide George Floyd
mostly peaceful protests riots, upon being asked by Fox Newsâs Tucker Carlson how his city, which in 1967 saw whole blocks torched in a five-day riot that left 43 dead and thousands injured, had managed to avoid the rioting this time around.
Nate Jackson
The economic recovery is on the minds of millions of people these days. It is, after all, a universal kitchen table issue. Whether itâs rampant inflation on basic items that
far exceeds the Federal Reserveâs 2% refrain, or whether itâs a breadwinner unable or unwilling to find a job, the economic picture doesnât have quite the feeling of hope that it did last fall.
When it comes to the unemployed choosing to stay unemployed because their benefits exceed the wages they could earn, President Joe Biden on Monday again denied thereâs a problem, blamed employers for the problem because theyâre not paying enough, touted government hiring, and floated more aid to fix the problem. The very fact that heâs made defensive remarks
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