Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
New York state ethics rules prohibit lawyers from soliciting gifts from clients 'for the benefit of the lawyer or a person related… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their government e-mail accounts… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
NBC News found that FEMA has redrawn maps even for properties that have repeatedly filed claims for flood losses from previous storms. At least… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 -… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart has always paid low wages, or, as Sam Walton put it, 'as little as we could get by with at the time.' — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April, a bomb… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
The Manhattan district attorney has closed the well-publicized investigation of the handling of the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark - without… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If he was… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
In votes cast, Latinos have increased to five million in the 1996 Presidential election, up from two million in the 1976 election. The number… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Lie detectors sometimes work because people believe they work, deterring the wrong people from applying for jobs in the first place, or prompting admissions… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
