Nevada Governor calls for robust education investment, tax increases
(Reuters) – Republican Governor Brian Sandoval called on Thursday for robust investment in education that would be paid for by tax increases in a state budget that will most likely contrast with the agendas of Nevada’s fiscal conservatives.
Arizona first-in-nation law mandates students pass civic test
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona’s high school students will be required to pass the same civics test that immigrants must pass to gain citizenship, under a first-in-the-nation bill signed into law on Thursday.
Oklahoma and Florida execute convicted murderers
(Reuters) – Oklahoma put to death convicted murderer and rapist Charles Warner on Thursday, its first execution since a faulty lethal injection last April sparked widespread criticism and led the state to draw up new protocols for its death chamber.
Oklahoma executes convicted murderer and rapist
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma executed convicted murderer and rapist Charles Warner on Thursday, its first execution since a faulty lethal injection last April sparked widespread criticism and led the state to draw up new protocols for its death c…
Florida man executed for 1993 murder of banker: official
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida executed Johnny Kormondy, 42, on Thursday for the 1993 fatal shooting of Pensacola banker Gary McAdams and the rape of his wife, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Malaysian pleads guilty in U.S. Navy corruption case
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Leonard Glenn Francis, a Malaysian businessman accused of bribing high-ranking U.S. Navy officers to steer millions of dollars of contract services to his company, pleaded guilty to corruption charges in federal court in San Diego…
Utah’s Brigham Young University issues first beard guidelines
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah’s Brigham Young University, the Mormon Church’s flagship education institution, has for the first time issued guidelines on when students may grow beards without violating its rule that men must be clean-shaven.
Supreme Court allows Oklahoma to proceed with execution
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Oklahoma to proceed with an execution planned for Thursday, which would be the state’s first since a flawed lethal injection in April 2014 led to widespread criticism.
Utah attorney general in secret rescue of Colombia child sex slaves
(Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general says he posed as a bodyguard and translator during a secret mission coordinated with authorities in Colombia to rescue more than 55 child sex slaves from a gang on an island off the country’s Caribbean coast.
Prominent Mormon activist in Utah says faces possible excommunication
(Reuters) – A prominent Mormon activist who has gone against the church by supporting same-sex marriage and questioning church doctrine said on Thursday he had been summoned to appear before a council where he could face excommunication.
