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Charles Livingstone Crown casino and hotel development, Barangaroo Sydney. Dan Himbrecht/AAP After months of hearings, characterised by spectacular admissions including threats of violence, the report of the Bergin Inquiry into the probity of Crown Sydney Gaming, a subsidiary of Crown Resorts Limited, has been tabled in the NSW parliament. Crown Resorts runs the Crown casinos in Melbourne and Perth. The Inquiry found that Crown Sydney Gaming was “not a suitable person” to operate the Sydney...

(AGENPARL) – MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA), mer 10 febbraio 2021 After months of hearings, characterised by spectacular admissions including threats of violence, the report of the Bergin Inquiry into the probity of Crown Sydney Gaming, a subsidiary of Crown Resorts Limited, has been tabled in the NSW parliament. Crown Resorts runs the Crown casinos in Melbourne and Perth. The inquiry found that Crown Sydney Gaming was “not a suitable person” to operate the Sydney casino. It also found the parent...

Crown's Melbourne and Perth casinos are in the firing line.

Pa. voters will have a say on curbing governor’s emergency declaration powers Updated Feb 06, 2021; Posted Feb 06, 2021 The state House of Representatives cast the final vote needed to get three proposed constitutional amendments on the May 18 primary ballot, two of them seek to curb the governors powers in emergency disasters that arose out of Gov. Tom Wolfs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP/Julio Cortez/file)AP File Photo/Julio Cortez Facebook Share Now it is up to voters to decide...

COLONIA, Yap (Pacific Island Times) — Anthony Rutun Teteth, one of the two defendants in the Rachelle Bergeron murder, was neither read his Miranda rights nor asked to sign a waiver-of-rights form during his arrest that was followed by a three-day interrogation, according to his attorney. Rachelle Bergeron BBC photo Defense Attorney Marstella Jack of Pohnpei is asking the FSM Supreme Court to suppress Teteth’s confession during his interrogation at the FSM National Police Station on O...

jcotton@timesobserver.com The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some cracks in the balance of power between Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf and the state General Assembly. The Republican-led Pennsylvania House of Representatives in about two weeks passed a bill aimed at amending the state Constitution to limit the governor’s ability to declare a disaster declaration. The bill — HB 55 — sailed through the House at warp speed. It was referred to committee on Jan. 11 and went through final passage in the hou...

Commentary: Joe Guzzardi - Amnesty plan could hurt more than help Joe Guzzardi FacebookTwitterEmail If there’s one thing that President Biden has made abundantly clear, it’s that he will grant an amnesty to an unknown number of illegal immigrants. Not a single individual knows what the exact illegal immigrant population is, and that’s the first problem that the new Biden administration faces. Nevertheless, Biden has made immigration his chief legislative priority. Biden has repeatedly ref...

Updated: 12:39 PM EST Feb 5, 2021 By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press A divided state House on Friday gave lawmakers final OK to put on the May ballot a constitutional amendment limiting governors powers during a disaster emergency.State representatives voted 116-86 for the Republican-backed proposal that would end emergency disaster declarations after 21 days, unless lawmakers approve an extension through a majority vote.It would also explicitly give lawmakers, with a two-...

Lawmakers tee up May referendum on disaster emergency limits By MARK SCOLFOROFebruary 5, 2021 GMT HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A divided state House on Friday gave lawmakers’ final OK to put on the May ballot a constitutional amendment limiting governors’ powers during a disaster emergency. State representatives voted 116-86 for the Republican-backed proposal that would end emergency disaster declarations after 21 days, unless lawmakers approve an extension through a majority vote. It would al...

To achieve meaningful reform, get out of the Ponzi scheme business by  Jeremy Beck The Hill in January, the demographer Joseph Chamie (formerly of the United Nations Population Division) provides a road map for how the Biden-Harris administration and Congress might "repair Americas broken immigration system, unite the country in dealing with immigration and increased diversity and continue having immigrants contribute to the advancement of American society." It basically goes like this: Dont s...