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The Commission on Judicial Selection announced three recommended candidates to fill a vacancy in Minnesota's Sixth Judicial District in Carlton County.

Many applicants for judges and justices are graduates of the William S. Richardson School of Law. Is that a good thing?

White man chosen by Hawaii governor wont get judge job JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press July 29, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HONOLULU (AP) — A white man chosen by Hawaiis governor to be an appeals court judge said he wanted to withdraw his name from the confirmation process Thursday after complaints that someone with a different racial background or gender should be selected instead. Critics have questioned Democratic Gov. David Iges choice of Daniel Gluck, the executive director of t...

Hawaii Senate panel hears testimony on appeals court nominee By AUDREY McAVOYJuly 28, 2021 GMT HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday heard testimony on the nomination of Daniel Gluck, the executive director of the Hawaii Ethics Commission, to serve on the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Critics have questioned Gov. David Ige’s choice of Gluck, a white man, for the job, noting it’s been 30 years since a Native Hawaiian was appointed to the appeals court and 20 sin...

Commission on Judicial Selection Recommends Fourth Judicial District Candidates to Governor Walz [ST. PAUL, MN] – The Commission on Judicial Selection announced today it is recommending five candidates for consideration to fill two vacancies in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. These vacancies will occur upon the retirements of the Honorable Margaret A. Daly and the Honorable Kathleen D. Sheehy. These seats are chambered in Minneapolis in Hennepin County. Flavio Abreu: Mr. Abreu is an A...

Commission on Judicial selection opens application process for vacancy in the Eighth Judicial District Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan Recently, the Commission on Judicial Selection announced a new vacancy in Minnesota’s Eighth Judicial District. The vacancy will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable Dwayne N Knutsen. This seat will be chambered in the City of Granite Falls in Yellow Medicine County. The application process is now open for this vacancy. The Co...

Chandler retiring as district judge   Chandler CLOVIS – After nearly 20 years as a local prosecutor and district judge, Clovis native Matt Chandler said Monday hes retiring and moving to Texas for "a new career in the law." Chandler, 45, has been a fixture in Clovis-Portales criminal courtrooms since he joined the District Attorneys office in 2002. He was elected DA in 2004, held the job 10 years, then was appointed to the bench in 2015. "Serving the state of New Mexico ... has been a dream ...

Analysis: While officials in the so-called 'coalition for change' say negotiations are at an advanced stage, there are still gaps to be bridged as right-wing parties want portfolios bound for other parties and majority in the Judicial Selection Committee

Yamina chief says Netanyahu never had a right-wing coalition, only options are joining the 'coalition for change' or a fifth election; PM accuses former aide of orchestrating 'the scam of the century'

State budget chief Melissa McCaw couldn’t have known she would start a movement last December when she quietly made special arrangements to give raises between 5% and 10% to 13 nonunion management employees in her agency, the Office of Policy and Management. It took a while for her action to become news, in this column, on May 1. But since then, it’s grown into a cause for many among the more than 1,300 other non-union managers spread throughout the executive branch of state government, who ...