School Confined Non-Verbal Autistic Child Inside ‘Wooden Dog Cage’ In New York, Mom Says (Exclusive)
FORT COVINGTON, N.Y. (Us Weekly) — Photos shared to social media last month of what has been described as a wooden “timeout” box used to confine special needs students…
Mom to sue NY school for allegedly putting 8-year-old autistic son in ‘box-shaped wooden dog cage’
FORT COVINGTON, N.Y. (New York Post) — An upstate New York school district allegedly used a “box-shaped wooden dog cage” to keep an 8-year-old, nonverbal autistic boy…
‘Kangaroo Court’?: Trump Administration Proposes Rule Limiting Merit Board’s Jurisdiction in Federal Employment Matters
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Law.com) — The Trump administration is seeking to implement a rule change that would limit the due process rights of first-year federal employees who file…
What to do with your gift card from Hair and Body Essentials in Clifton Park?
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (WTEN) — A couple weeks after Hair and Body Essentials in Clifton Park suddenly closed, many customers are still left with questions about what to do with…
Sen. Mark Kelly sues Hegseth over censure, potential demotion
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Washington Post) — Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to reverse Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s letter of censure and effort to…
Police recruits required to take new domestic violence prevention training
GATES, N.Y. (13WHAM) — Police agencies in Monroe County are among those required to provided increased domestic violence training to new recruits. It’s part of an…
Closed Salon Leaves Customers Holding Unusable Gift Cards
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (WRGB) — A viewer says they purchased a $100 gift card for “Hair and Body Essentials” in Clifton Park as a Christmas present for a family member, but…
Probationary appeal rights under further threat by OPM proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Government Executive) — The Trump administration last week proposed new rules that would strip newly hired federal employees of their access to the Merit…
Proposed Rules Would Shift Probationary Employees’ Appeals from MSPB to OPM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FEDweek) — OPM has proposed rules that would give it, rather than the MSPB, the authority to decide challenges by probationary employees to terminations,…
Why the Trump administration is calling the Maduro mission a ‘law enforcement operation’
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Washington Examiner) — The Trump administration has been adamant that the mission to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was a “law…