BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has postponed the trial for Gov. Larry Hogan’s former chief of staff.
The Baltimore Sun reports that Roy McGrath asked the judge through his lawyer to postpone the trial because federal prosecutors had handed over more than 8,800 pages of evidence in recent weeks. McGrath briefly served as Hogan’s top adviser before resigning after a report in the newspaper detailed his outsize severance payment from the government-owned nonprofit Maryland Environmental Service.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman did not immediately set a new trial date, but said she would do so in the near future.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Farmers across New Zealand have taken to the streets in their tractors to protest government plans to tax cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the rallies were smaller than expected. Lobby group Groundswell New Zealand helped organize protests around the country, the biggest involving a few dozen vehicles. Last week, the government proposed the new tax as part of its plan to tackle […]
