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.
Kentucky House Speaker Jeff Hoover has resigned from his post after revelations showed he’d made a confidential settlement in a sexual harassment case. Last week, an anonymous source reported that Kentucky House Speaker Jeff Hoover reached a confidential settlement with a woman alleging sexual harassment. The woman was apparently a member of Hoover’s legislative staff.
In the wake of dozens of women accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and assault, one California legislator is proposing doing away with confidential settlements. California State Senator Connie Leyva says allowing individuals like Weinstein to escape justice by way of confidential settlements enables predators to continue finding new victims without having to
A bill designed to bring down Michigan’s astronomical auto insurance rates was defeated in the state legislature. After hours of debate, the Republican-controlled House rejected the measure with a 45-63 vote. “Everybody in the state of Michigan knows car insurance is too high and something has to be done about. But there’s something about once
True to a longstanding dislike for the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau, President Donald Trump collaborated with bankers to undo a rule governing forced arbitration. The move brought the commander-in-chief praise from corporate executives, who’d derided the CFPB regulation as unfair and costly. The CFPB measure was intended to stop banks from barring their customers from
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that terrorists should expect to be tried in either civilian courts or military tribunals. The comment seems to lend some credence to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that a suspect in last week’s attack in New York could be sent to Guantanamo Bay. Speaking in a roomful of attorneys and law
The Trump administration announced that it will end a special immigration program that protects some 5,000 Nicaraguan immigrants in the United States from deportation. According to officials in Washington, the program has run its course and is no longer necessary for Nicaraguans residing on American soil. The Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl managed to avoid prison time on Friday, despite a military judge ordering that he be dishonorably discharged from the Army. The former soldier made headlines in 2009 after disappearing from the outskirts of an Afghanistan military base. Intensive search-and-rescue efforts continued in vain for months. Confusion ensued after the Taliban revealed it
Democrats are considering a government shutdown to defend hundreds of thousands of Dreamers from deportation. Politico.com reports that California Sen. Kamala Harris (CA) raised the prospect of a shutdown if liberal demands aren’t met. The 2020 presidential hopeful said that any end-of-the-year budget would have to include protections for the former beneficiaries of the Deferred
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he’d consider sending suspected terrorist Sayfullo Saipov to Guantanamo Bay. Saipov is accused of masterminding and executing an attack in New York City. On Tuesday, the man was arrested after driving a rented pickup truck into a crowd of pedestrians and cyclists in Lower Manhattan. Authorities found handwritten notes
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to regulate a firearm accessory used in the Las Vegas shooting. Introduced on Tuesday, the bill would place some restrictions on the manufacture and sale of “bump stocks,” which harness the recoil of semi-automatic firearms to increase rates of fire. The legislation is authored by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick