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Texas Ballot Measures Results 2025

Proposition 15: Provide that parents have the right “to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent’s child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child’s upbringing” Yes 71. 8% Proposition 16: Amend the Texas Constitution to provide that “persons who are not citizens of the United States” cannot vote Yes 87. 5%.

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Britain’s War on Landlords

Westminster’s crusade against property owners will leave tenants with fewer choices and higher costs. This week, the UK Parliament passed the Renters’ Rights Act. It is the biggest shakeup to the British rental market this century, and is being sold as a big win for tenants. This could not be further from the truth. This legislation will wreak havoc on the already fundamentally broken rental market. It introduces de facto rent controls, crushes the supply of housing, and makes life harder for everyone trying to find somewhere to live. So what does this Act actually do? Most damagingly, it ends so-called “no-fault evictions,” or Section.

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Violent brawl erupts in Domino’s as suspects hurl chair, strike officer’s head

A chaotic late-night brawl broke out inside a Domino’s Pizza in Glassboro, New Jersey, over the weekend, ending with two men allegedly assaulting a police officer, according to authorities. Glassboro police said officers were called to the restaurant shortly before 3 a. m. Saturday for reports of a large fight. As officers attempted to make arrests, two suspects allegedly picked up a chair and hurled it at one of the officers, striking him in the back of the head. Police said the men appeared “extremely hysterical” as they ran from the scene.

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Strip club executives allegedly bribed tax auditor with lap dances and luxury trips to slash tax bills

A group of strip club executives allegedly bribed a New York state tax auditor with cash, luxury Florida trips and lap dances worth thousands of dollars a day to slash millions from their tax bills, according to a sweeping indictment by Attorney General Letitia James. The 79-count indictment accuses top leaders of RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc., the Texas-based parent company behind strip clubs Rick’s Cabaret, Vivid Cabaret and Hoops Cabaret, of using their venues to disguise bribes as “promotional” expenses and avoid more than $8 million in sales taxes between 2010 and 2024. Prosecutors say the auditor received at least.

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Detroit Police Officer Joins Court Hearing Without Pants

“Judge Perkins: You got some pants on, officer? Officer Jackson: Sir, they’re in the no, sir. Judge Perkins: Um, Officer Jackson, um, okay.” ‘ Detroit police say they are looking into a situation where an officer appeared during a court hearing on Zoom wearing no pants. In the video, the officer, who identified himself as Matthew Jackson, appeared during the Zoom hearing on Oct. 27 in 36th District Court. Jackson was wearing his Detroit Police Department uniform shirt, but did not have pants on.

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