Archives
January 14, 2026
Feature
- Lawyers spar over state liability as Edenville Dam damages trial begins
- Judge: Michigan bid to rebuild mental health care has ‘significant conflicts’
- DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence
- Daily Briefs
Business
- Microsoft’s president pushes Big Tech to ‘pay our way’ for AI data centers amid rising opposition
- Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
- Inflation cooled slightly in December though it remains above Fed’s target
- Podcast looks at connecting with faith communities to serve those in need
Courts
- Offshore wind developer prevails in court as Trump says the U.S. ‘will not approve any windmills’
- Court Digest
- New NCSC report highlights strategies to reduce eviction harm
- Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states
Column
- George Washington’s foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens
- Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
Nation
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- Bill Kurtis’ memoir tells how law school trained him for covering trials
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Justice Barrett’s home targeted in attempted swatting call
- Texting-and-driving charges dropped against woman without right hand
- Fender warns guitar makers to stop producing Stratocaster look-a-likes
- General counsel compensation climbs, aligned with equity and company scale
