public corruption
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Romney looks ahead after winning Senate nomination
Utah Romney looks to November after landslide Utah primary win SALT LAKE CITY – Mitt Romney looks like a shoo-in for a U.S. Senate seat from Utah after winning a landslide primary victory and toning down his criticism of Donald Trump, but first he’ll face a Democratic opponent with a distinctly different political outlook. Jenny…
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Out West Roundup: Former New Mexico state senator gets 18 months prison term
New Mexico Former New Mexico state senator gets 18 months prison term SANTA FE – Former New Mexico state Sen. Phil Griego will spend 18 months behind bars for fraud, bribery and other convictions stemming from allegations that he misused his position to profit from a real estate deal, a state district court judge ruled…
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Out West Roundup: Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’
Nebraska Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’ OMAHA – The Nebraska men’s basketball team plans to take a public stand opposing the views of a university student who calls himself a white nationalist in a widely distributed online video. Coach Tim Miles said Friday the team planned to wear T-shirts reading “Hate…
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Out West Roundup: Motion-activated cameras capture animals being wild, weird
Wyoming Motion-activated cameras capture animals being wild, weird CHEYENNE – How does a bighorn sheep say “cheese?” Some charismatic critters caught by motion-detecting wildlife cameras seem to know how to strike a pose. But it’s not just show business. As these devices get ever smaller, cheaper and more reliable, scientists across the United States are…
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Out West Roundup: Corruption case involving former state lawmaker heads to trial in New Mexico
New Mexico New Mexico political corruption case heads to trial SANTA FE – A former New Mexico state senator goes on trial this week on corruption charges in a high-stakes showdown with state prosecutors. The case comes to a head as scandal-weary voters consider creating an independent state ethics commission to shore up oversight of…
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Polman: Trump’s real pay-to-pay scandal ignored by the media
How refreshing it is, after weeks and months of faux Clinton Foundation “scandals,” after all the fatuous media talk about “optics” and “perceptions,” to finally have a real Foundation scandal to chew on. An actual example of pay-to-play, of money given and a favor granted. And it comes to us courtesy of Donald Trump.…
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Former Garfield County bookkeeper resentenced for embezzlement
A former bookkeeper in the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has been resentenced to one less year in prison after a successful appeal of her original 10-year sentence. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports that Robin McMillan, who pleaded guilty to embezzling public money last year, was resentenced Thursday to 9 years in prison. Investigators…