Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
A North Raleigh, North Carolina, nursing home is being investigated after a patient’s daughter secretly recorded staff abusing her elderly father. WRAL writes that state regulators have begun examining allegations of misconduct and abuse at Universal Healthcare North Raleigh. The patient purportedly told his daughter that orderlies had been tormenting and neglecting him. His daughter,
The teenager responsible for sparking last year’s massive wildfires in the Pacific Northwest is being ordered to pay more than $36 million in restitution. Known as the Eagle Creek fire, the manmade disaster started when a group of adolescents tried entertaining themselves alongside a mountain gorge. One boy, oblivious to any apparent danger, tossed a
Following Michigan State University’s decision to settle for $500 million with the sexual assault victims of former physician Larry Nassar, the state House of Representatives scaled back some legislation addressed by the lawsuit and its outcome. ABC News reports that the House’s proposed package – would could be taken to the floor later in the
House Republicans are reportedly in disarray as moderate conservatives seek to force voting on immigration and the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Republican leader and House Speaker Paul Ryan ‘pleaded with his conference Tuesday,’ writes POLITICO, attempting to garner a compromise between moderates and members of the right-wing Freedom Caucus. But
A man from Ashtabula, Ohio, is filing a civil rights lawsuit against the city and several of its police officers. Brendan Hester, writes the Star Beacon, filed the federal suit with the Northern District of Ohio on Monday. The 24-year old man alleges that Ashtabula and two of its local officers, Daniel Gillespie and Spencer
Governor Bill Haslam will allow a proposal banning sanctuary cities to take effect in Tennessee without his signature. The measure, writes The Tennessean, would mandate local law enforcement to comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to detain and hold immigrants due for deportation. Cities which refuse to comply could be barred from receiving
An ambitious California bill that would extend Medicaid coverage to all adults is taking the endeavor a step further, promising to insure illegal immigrants as well. According to POLITICO, the measure builds on Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2015 decision to offer health insurance to all California children, regardless of immigration status. The latest announcement, writes columnist
Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates is filing a class action against Stanford University on behalf of at least three students, all of whom, says the DRA, faced discrimination due to mental health issues. First reported by The Fountain Hopper last Thursday, the suit alleges that Stanford placed three students on ‘involuntary leaves of absence’ after they
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats, joined by three of their Republican colleagues, pushed through a measure intended to restore Obama-era rules on net neutrality. While the effort seems doomed to eventual failure, liberals in the House have already taken up the effort and started collaborating on a discharge petition. “With majority leadership in the House opposed
Michigan State University will pay $500 million to the victims of former physician Larry Nassar, who molested hundreds of girls and young women while working as a sports medicine specialist on-campus. According to the New York Times, the settlement will entail the largest amount ever paid in a sex abuse scandal involving an American university.