The Daily Populous

“Of all the nightmares during Hurricane Katrina, this must be one of the worst,” said Corinne Carey, researcher from Human Rights Watch.

“Prisoners were abandoned in their cells without food or water for days as floodwaters rose toward the ceiling.”.

These prisoners were taken by boat to the Broad Street overpass bridge, and ultimately transported to correctional facilities outside New Orleans. »

Investigators are focused on two bursts of banking activity — one shortly after the June 2016 meeting, the other immediately after the presidential election.

Suspicious activity reports are not evidence of wrongdoing, but they can provide clues to investigators looking into possible money laundering, tax evasion, or other misconduct.

Bankers noted that the withdrawals came shortly after news broke about Goldstone’s role in the Trump Tower meeting. »

Industry heavyweights fiercely oppose proposed $2 tax on packs of cigarettes to be used to fund Medicaid in the state.

The referendum calls for the tax to be used to fund Medicaid, a government health insurance program that provides care for the poor.

Medicaid eligibility was expanded in Montana under the Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama’s flagship legislation as president that is sometimes nicknamed “Obamacare”. »

North Carolina didn't like science on sea levels … so passed a law against it.

When North Carolina got bad news about what its coast could look like thanks to climate change, it chose to ignore it.

North Carolina has a long, low-lying coastline and is considered one of the US areas most vulnerable to rising sea levels. »