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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is the most prominent Senate opponent of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, the bill that would make daylight saving time permanent. President Donald Trump has pushed publicly for the bill and, on October 3, 2026, criticized Cotton by name and posted what appeared to be the senator’s personal phone number….
Last updated: October 7, 2026 Dallas County has approved a $1,500,000 full-and-final settlement with the family and estate of Spencer Wayne Swearnger, resolving a federal lawsuit over his death after he was held at the Dallas County Jail. The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved the settlement on October 6, 2026, according to the county’s official…
On September 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Accenture Federal Services (AFS), Accenture plc and Accenture LLP agreed to pay the United States $25,000,000 to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations. The government alleged that AFS certified compliance with anti-discrimination requirements in its federal contracts while taking race or sex into account…
Two University of Pittsburgh researchers, Andrea Rosso and Ann D. Cohen, are among 17 plaintiffs challenging National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant-screening and funding practices in federal court. They allege NIH used viewpoint-based criteria to block, terminate, or force changes to federally funded research. Short answer for researchers: this is active litigation. There is no…
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a $2.86 million settlement with Staffing Network Holdings, LLC on Friday, October 2, 2026. It resolves allegations that Quality Placement Authority, LLC (QPA), a staffing company that later merged into Staffing Network Holdings, overbilled the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) for health care staffing at state prisons. This is…
Brookside, Alabama’s $1.5 million settlement over its alleged ticketing and towing practices has received preliminary court approval, but eligible drivers cannot yet use a fixed calendar deadline to file a claim. U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco preliminarily approved the settlement on September 30, 2026 in Brittany Coleman, et al. v. The Town of Brookside,…
A federal judge has ordered Lane Community College to remove a long-term enrollment hold against student Richard Riordan and let him return to campus for academic purposes. U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane found on September 28, 2026 that Riordan was likely to succeed on his claim that the college retaliated against him for protected…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, over how Congress-mandated recognition for responding officers was installed at the Capitol. Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges sued the Architect of the Capitol and Thomas Austin…
New Zealand’s Green Party has pledged to restore the country’s pre-2025 pay equity law and fund a settlement for roughly 65,000 care and support workers whose pay equity claim was stopped by the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025. The party has set aside about NZ$1.1 billion a year, which totals about NZ$4.48 billion over four…