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Unlikely coalition guides Iceland's recovery
On Oct. 6, 2008, Iceland's then-prime minister, Geir Haarde, went on television to tell his countrymen that the nation's financial system was on the verge of collapse.Haarde explained that Iceland's largest banks-Kaupthing Bank hf., Landsbanki slands hf. and Glitnir Banki hf.-collectively owed debt worth many times the nation's gross national product.Judge wisely shielded Cheney from GAO investigation
Randolph J. MayPay special attention to any case with a name like David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States v. Richard Cheney, Vice President of the United States. The style is a dead giveaway of a fierce fight between two co-equal branches of government refereed by the third-and a warning that the delicate balance built into our Constitution's structure has been put at risk.Many hurdles stymie the privatization of U.S. airports
NOW THAT WE'RE ALL comfortable selling the streets, how about getting rid of the airports That looks like the next question the nation's states, municipalities and public-policy makers will have to consider, with the inevitable billions of dollars at stake. There's too much money chasing too few deals, just like they say about the hedge-fund business, and that's good news for municipalities and taxpayers.Ethics panel: N.Y. congressman broke travel rules
WASHINGTON AP - Facing potential midterm election losses and a stuck-in-the-mud legislative program, Democrats can now add to their worries the ethics problems of chief House tax writer Rep. Charles Rangel.The House ethics committee accused Rangel on Thursday of accepting corporate money for trips to Caribbean conferences in violation of House rules.Baker: AG job 'is not about grandstanding'
Editor's Note: Attorney General Thurbert Baker met Tuesday with Daily Report publisher Steve Korn, editor in chief Ed Bean, managing editor Jonathan Ringel and reporter Andy Peters. The paper on Tuesday featured its interview with AG challenger Perry McGuire. Friday's paper will feature an interview with Presiding Justice Carol Hunstein.Problems in legal syntax are laid bare
William W. Bedsworth God, I love the English language. I sometimes have to remind myself of that fact when I'm parsing statutes trying to figure out what in hell the Legislature had in mind, but every day I find more evidence that our mother tongue-specifically the American legislative dialect-is the single most effective engine of entertainment known to man.Judges reject Perdue's budget demand
Georgia's executive and judicial branches of government appeared to be on a collision course Friday afternoon over Gov. Sonny Perdue's demand that the judicial branch-like the rest of the state government-cut its budget 25 percent for the month of June to accommodate a $274 million revenue shortfall.Wife Killer Wins Ruling on His Victim's Insurance
Fulton Jail Litigation on Brink of Settlement
Steven H. [email protected] federal judge overseeing litigation over inmates' living conditions at the Fulton County Jail said lawyers this week reached a tentative agreement to settle the case.U.S. District Court Senior Judge Marvin H. Shoob said he was comfortable with the proposed settlement, despite the jail's continued overcrowding and infrastructure problems.Trending Stories
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