Residents in a small Indiana town are outraged after the cross on the town’s Christmas tree was taken down. The cross was removed Monday afternoon following a lawsuit from the ACLU last week, according to WISH .
Crosses are being displayed all over central Indiana’s Knightstown. That’s how residents are responding after a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana prompted the removal of a cross from the top of the town’s Christmas tree. The ACLU …
Black Lives Matter protestors who were arrested last summer while demonstrating after Alton Sterling was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge, La., will receive financial compensation from local and state authorities for $100,000. The 92 protestors, including DeRay Mckesson , accused them of excessive force and violating their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly, …
A Texas-based group that once called Houston’s first openly-gay mayor a “sodomite” has decided to get involved with a Georgia preacher and doctor suing over religious discrimination. Eric Walsh’s sometimes fiery sermons came to the attention of Georgia public health officials after he was conditionally offered a job in May 2014. During his time there, one of Walsh’s supervisors asked for links to a few sermons. That’s what outraged …
King Solomon Baptist Church Rev. Charles Elliott, Jr., left, a supporter of the new west end Wal-Mart, fires up attendants near the proposed location for the west end Wal-Mart on Wednesday during a prayer vigil.
Birmingham City Council President Johnathan Austin (City of Birmingham) Erin Edgemon | [email protected] The Birmingham City Council plans to hire a law firm to represent the body in a lawsuit seeking to void two state laws that beginning next year that would dilute the city’s control of the Water Works Board. President Johnathan Austin said the council is against the expansion of the Water Works …
Under pressure of a lawsuit challenging the city’s at-large electoral system , the City Council will soon decide whether to fight the suit in court or relent and change the way West Covina residents vote in city elections. It could also potentially be very expensive. “It is roughly a $4 (million) to $5 million gamble for the city to take,” said attorney James Touchstone, a lawyer …
A legal threat has members of the Metro Council weighing whether helping Google Fiber is worth the headaches of litigation. Google wants permission for work crews to rearrange the high-speed internet cables on utility poles through a plan called “One Touch Make Ready.” But officials say they’re counting on a lawsuit by AT&T if the council goes forward …
Dorchester County Council and as many as 100 employees are being sued over a unique wrinkle in the county’s benefits program. The lawsuit alleges that three council members — Chairman David Chinnis, George Bailey and Willie Davis — and up to 100 other public officials, appointees or employees received illegal payments after they opted out of the county’s health and dental benefits …
An anti-abortion group has filed a federal lawsuit against the city after the Raleigh City Council rejected a rezoning request that would have allowed the organization to provide counseling and classes in its property next to an abortion clinic. A Hand of Hope Pregnancy Resource Center filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, which …