TX: Dallas pension system fights for investment records
By Steve Miller | Texas Watchdog
AUSTIN — The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System lost the public records battle, and now it’s starting a war.
After the Texas Attorney General’s Office ruled against it earlier this month, finding that it must hand over to a requester numerous records regarding a luxury real estate investment, the system filed [...]
TX: Senator’s influence felt from behind the scenes
By Steve Miller | Texas Watchdog
AUSTIN — Texas state Sen. Tommy Williams played a key role as attorneys tied to the Woodland Road Utility District outside Houston pushed for voter fraud charges against seven Woodlands residents, who sought to usurp the sitting board of the district.
In an email on Sept. 15, 2010, Williams provided a [...]
TX: Residents tangle with powerful forces over alleged voter fraud in utility district election north of Houston
By Steve Miller | Texas Watchdog
HOUSTON — When seven voters in a suburb north of Houston set out to upend an election there, they didn’t realize the powerful contingent they were upsetting.
The Woodlands voters are being prosecuted for fraud in a 2010 election for claiming residency at a hotel in the Woodlands Road Utility District. The district is [...]
VA attorney general nets $1.5B settlement from Abbott Labs
By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News
ALEXANDRIA — Abbott Laboratories Inc. is expected to pony up $1.5 billion to settle a claim that it marketed a drug for improper use, the Virginia Attorney General’s Office said on Monday.
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By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News
ALEXANDRIA — Abbott Laboratories Inc. is expected to pony up $1.5 billion to settle a claim that it marketed a drug for improper use, the Virginia Attorney General’s Office said on Monday.
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