Gene Johnson

March 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was about 4 years old when she was captured in Puget Sound in summer 1970, during a time of deadly orca roundups. She spent decades performing for paying crowds before falling ill.

By Freida Frisaro and Gene Johnson

5 minute read

November 10, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Millions of dollars in campaign spending produced mixed results for the conservative and liberal groups seeking to sway state supreme courts around the country.

By Gene Johnson

7 minute read

November 02, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Political groups view control of the high courts as essential to either defending or thwarting state laws. And they are more and more willing to spend big to gain the advantage.

By Gene Johnson

9 minute read

February 04, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A United Nations panel has ruled Mexico's 2013 arrest and its continuing detention of a community police leader are illegal, raising hopes among her supporters she could be freed.

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

3 minute read

August 05, 2014 | Daily Report Online

A Seattle artist who designed a line of plush toys for pets called "Angry Birds" is suing the company that sold them, saying it cheated her of millions of dollars when it reached a deal with the Finnish company that makes the insanely popular videogame of the same name.

By Gene Johnson

1 minute read

April 22, 2014 | Daily Report Online

When Utah's new federal courthouse opened last week, it came with security improvements that are becoming standard around the country: separate entrances and elevators for judges, defendants and the public; bullet-resistant glass and paneling; and vehicle barricades to keep car bombs at bay.

By Gene Johnson and Brady McCombs

5 minute read

September 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By GENE JOHNSON

1 minute read

February 01, 2012 | Daily Report Online

By Gene Johnson

1 minute read

August 24, 2007 | Law.com

The Justice Department has apologized and paid $250,000 to an Iraqi refugee wrongly detained in 2003 when he stepped off an Amtrak train in Montana to stretch his legs, according to a settlement agreement released Thursday.

By GENE JOHNSON

2 minute read

January 14, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SEATTLE AP - Washington state law does not bar teachers from having consensual sex with 18-year-old students, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a case against a former high school choir teacher.The teacher, Matthew Hirschfelder, was charged with first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for allegedly having sex with a Hoquiam High School senior in 2006.

By GENE JOHNSON

3 minute read