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Harrisburg district judge asked for police chief, pulled pill bottle from car during son’s arrest: court records Updated Dec 16, 2020; Facebook Share When Harrisburg police pulled over Kevin Baltimore in February for an expired vehicle registration, he told the officer his mother was Magisterial District Judge Sonya McKnight, according to court records. He then called McKnight in spite of being told by the officer not to use his phone, the records said. McKnight drove to the scene of the tra...

Michigan House gives oversight committee subpoena powers to continue election probe Updated Dec 15, 2020; Facebook Share The House committee continuing an investigation into Michigan’s election process will now have additional subpoena powers, lawmakers determined in a 58-51 vote Tuesday. Under House Resolution 342, the House Oversight Committee now has the ability to issue subpoenas for information related to Michigan’s 2020 primary and general elections. Following the House vote, both th...

Tradies train up for emergency surgery on Australias Antarctic team SatSaturday 12 updated SunSunday 13 Royal Hobart Hospital staff help train Antarctic lay surgical assistants.  ( Print text only Cancel Picture this: Youre seriously injured at one of Australias Antarctic research stations, but the station doctors out of commission. Youre 2,000 kilometres from the nearest hospital. Who would you pick to perform surgery on you: the stations chef, carpenter or boilermaker? Key points: The Austr...

Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for judges who don’t show up for work | PennLive Editorial Updated Dec 11, 2020; It’s a nice job, if you can get it. You don’t have to report to work every day, you can rake in money from another job, and you might even walk away with a pension and lifetime health care. That’s the good life many district judges in Pennsylvania enjoy. They earn $93,338 a year, and although they sometimes have to rule on complex law issues, they don’t even have to have ...

Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for judges who don’t show up for work | PennLive Editorial PennLive.com 12/11/2020 PennLive Editorial Board, pennlive.com © Cherry.\rSeptember 3, 2020.\rDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com/pennlive.com/TNS The magisterial district judge courtroom in the Dauphin County Judicial Center, located next to Dauphin County Prison.\rSeptember 18, 2020.\rDan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com It’s a nice job, if you can get it. You don’t have to rep...

Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues across the state earn $93,338 a year, with the possibility of a pension and lifetime health care, funded largely by taxpayers. So, it might come as a surprise that 2019 court data revealed he sometimes had proceedings scheduled just two days a week. That also allowed him to tend to his family business — a nursery and landscaping company north of Harrisburg. In ...

Are we getting our money’s worth? Some judges enjoyed light workloads as taxpayers ponied up millions for salaries, pensions, health care. Updated on Dec 10, 2020; Published on Dec 10, 2020 Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues across the state earn $93,338 a year, with the possibility of a pension and lifetime health care, funded largely by taxpayers. So, it might come as a surprise that 2019 court ...

Costly district judge system needs to be fixed: Court observers Next year, Pennsylvania counties will have the opportunity to analyze the number and boundaries of its district courts. Updated on Dec 11, 2020; Published on Dec 10, 2020 Editor’s Note: The story has been corrected to explain Harrisburg city magisterial district judges only hear cases from their districts on their criminal days at central court. Next year, county officials across Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to analyz...

Are we getting our money’s worth? Some judges enjoyed light workloads as taxpayers ponied up millions for salaries, pensions, health care. Updated on Dec 10, 2020; Published on Dec 10, 2020 Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues across the state earn $93,338 a year, with the possibility of a pension and lifetime health care, funded largely by taxpayers. So, it might come as a surprise that 2019 court ...

Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues