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On the ballot this November is a historic opportunity for Floridians to vote on the best slate of constitutional amendments ever — a huge property tax cut, term limits for elected officials and cleaning up government corruption. First, I've been working with Gov. Rick Scott since 2010 to cut taxes and keep them ...

Mexico is a poverty factory," Lopez Obrador said during the first of presidential debates among presidential hopefuls Sunday night, adding, that government corruption was one of Mexico's biggest issues, not organized crime. The three-time candidate and former Mexico City mayor said the government ...

“For the past two years, Project Six investigators have talked to hundreds of Illinoisans to listen to their stories and investigate their reports of government corruption and misconduct. We are so proud of the results we were able to accomplish in that short time, and I know that our work helped give a voice to ...

As a corruption investigation into President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is underway, here are three books that delve into the history and consequences of political misconduct in the United States. Photo. CORRUPTION IN AMERICA From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

London, 16 Apr - Yet more protests from angry farmers have been held in Isfahan, central Iran, over the Iranian Government's corruption and mismanagement that is exacerbating the drought crisis in the country. Reports gathered from social media show that the protests began again on Friday and carried ...

LIMA, Peru -- Leaders from throughout the Americas vowed Saturday to confront systemic corruption with an accord aimed at improving transparency and boosting civil society at a time when graft scandals plague many of their own governments. President Donald Trump's administration challenged Latin ...

Earlier this month a group of Mexican reporters received Spanish-speaking media's highest journalistic honor for an investigation that uncovered uncomfortable truths about Mexico's university system. Long considered pillars of integrity in a country rife with corruption, investigative reporters revealed that ...

Government corruption fuels Trump witch hunt. Thank you for being one of our most loyal readers. Please consider supporting community journalism by subscribing to The Wilson Times. Posted Thursday, April 12, 2018 9:25 pm. On April 9, attorney-client privilege ended. Free speech ended in Berkeley weeks ago and the ...

“This two week course, really, is being launched under the spectre of the United States State Department's report yet again impaling us for our fight against money laundering and corruption. I noticed they have added government corruption and that's what my government has been fighting for the past three ...

The FKNK hunters' federation wants the government to take action against BBC presenter Chris Packham for having told a European Parliament meeting that there was corruption in the Maltese government. The federation said the allegation was made on March 22 at a round table meeting which ...

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President Moon Jae-in underscored an eradication of entrenched corruption as a springboard to widespread government reform during a meeting with heads of government agencies on Monday. At the first meeting on government strategy for innovation at the Central Government Complex in central Seoul, ...

Congress President Rahul Gandhi delivered a short address and inaugurated the second day of the party's plenary session today at the Constitution Club in New Delhi, his first since he took over the reins of the grand old party last December. Gandhi said that this is the only symbol (Congress party symbol) ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Trying to maintain its grip on power, Slovakia's governing party announced on Monday that the interior minister would step down, and pledged a thorough investigation into the killing of a young journalist who was investigating government corruption in the small Central European ...

KARACHI: Recently, I visited the Property Tax Department SITE office in Karachi, to inquire about a show-cause notice issued concerning a plot located in the same locality. Contrary to the claims of the department and to our unawareness we had been previously issued a tax challan for the same in July ...

Protesters flooded Slovak National Uprising square in Bratislava, rallying under the slogan 'For a Decent Slovakia'. (Photo: AFP/Joe Klamar). 10 Mar 2018 04:21AM. Share this content. Bookmark. BRATISLAVA: Tens of thousands of Slovaks on Friday (Mar 9) protested against the government and corruption, following the ...

Sen. Joey Hensley, a Republican from Hohenwald and a medical examiner, has introduced a bill to make autopsy reports secret. Rep. Eddie Smith of Knoxville is carrying the bill in the House. The legislation may sound like a mom-and-apple-pie proposition to the average citizen. After all, what reporter ...

On Tuesday, a bipartisan bill was introduced by Congressmen Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) and Keith Rothfus (R-PA), that would help U.S. authorities combat terrorist financing and foreign government corruption. The Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act (H.R. 5101), would establish a rewards program ...

Leon G. Wigrizer, 90, a lawyer who used his position as the U.S. Treasury Department's first inspector general to root out corruption during the Carter administration and later placed a similar spotlight on city government under Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode, died Saturday, Feb. 24, of congestive ...

An Israeli court issued an order to extend the detention of Stella Handler, the CEO of the telecom giant Bezeq, by another six days on Wednesday as part of the widening investigation of corruption and improper government influence at the company. The probe, dubbed Case 4000, began as an Israel ...

If this story proves true, it would constitute the worst case of government corruption in Israel's history. One shocking aspect of it is the very fact that someone thought such a senior, experienced judge could be bribed with the offer of a lofty position into swaying judicial decisions. In that, it differs from the ...

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has started working on a white paper that will reveal the alleged corruption of the Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Sindh government. PTI Sindh President MNA Dr Arif Alvi said that party chief Imran Khan had directed the provincial leadership to prepare the ...

Eldad Yaniv, one of the leaders of the anti-Netanyahu government corruption protests, speaks in Tel Aviv. Feb 3, 2018Moti Milrod. Netanyahu can solve his wife's problem with one sentence · The glory days of the opposition · Recording of Sara Netanyahu screaming is just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of ...

The Washington Post does not do much investigating of waste, fraud, and abuse in federal agencies anymore, but it has done a great job with the Fat Leonard Navy corruption scandal. I discussed prior WaPo stories on the scandal here and here. The newspaper has another pair of stories today (here and ...

Spanish researchers created a uniquely-purposed computer model that can figure out the likelihood of government corruption. Their model is based on A.I. neural networks and can predict where in the provinces of the country corruption is more probable based on economic and political variables.

I'm concerned about the level at which corruption is taking place in our country. South Africa and the world will forever remember Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Madiba was a person of principles with clear elements of success as a leader and overall greatness. He understood the vital importance of the ...

The last couple of years have surely dented everyone's faith in humanity. In South Africa, the state capture saga has implicated politicians, cops, prosecutors, banks, and businesses. The horrifying listeriosis outbreak and the almost-equally horrifying corporate response to it have underlined the sense that ...

There are three important value propositions, or applications, for blockchain in combatting government corruption: verifying identity, registering assets, and tracking transactions. “Blockchain's decentralized nature and the immutability of its records make it a powerful tool in the fight against the worst crimes, ...