legal | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com The Midwest's Latino News Source Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:22:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://holaamericanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png legal | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com 32 32 Family of deceased JBS worker files wrongful death lawsuit https://holaamericanews.com/family-of-deceased-jbs-worker-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-of-deceased-jbs-worker-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:22:42 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18445 By Susanna Meyer, Times Republican The family of Jose Andrade-Garcia were left reeling when he unexpectedly died in May of 2020 from a serious case of COVID-19, which he contracted […]

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]]> Latino service providers ask for more support in schools https://holaamericanews.com/latino-service-providers-ask-for-more-support-in-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=latino-service-providers-ask-for-more-support-in-schools Wed, 30 Mar 2022 05:58:07 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18197 By Kassidy Arena, Iowa Public Radio Along with the school and police quick response to the shooting, Latino service providers were operating their own response systems after a 15-year-old Latino […]

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]]> Black Iowa law students head to Washington D.C. for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation process https://holaamericanews.com/black-iowa-law-students-head-to-washington-d-c-for-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-iowa-law-students-head-to-washington-d-c-for-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation-process Wed, 23 Mar 2022 03:36:02 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18084 By Kassidy Arena, Iowa Public Radio This week a group of Black law students from the University of Iowa are setting aside their studies for a few days to witness […]

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]]> Two Davenport men fined thousands for illegal tire hauling https://holaamericanews.com/two-davenport-men-fined-thousands-for-illegal-tire-hauling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-davenport-men-fined-thousands-for-illegal-tire-hauling Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:34:45 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=17426 By Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch The state of Iowa has fined two Davenport men $10,000 apiece, accusing them of illegal tire hauling and abandoning thousands of junk tires on […]

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]]> Free press advocates call on Senate GOP to restore media access https://holaamericanews.com/free-press-advocates-call-on-senate-gop-to-restore-media-access/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-press-advocates-call-on-senate-gop-to-restore-media-access Sun, 23 Jan 2022 03:07:34 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=17400 Iowa Capital Dispatch Free press advocates called Wednesday for Iowa Senate Republicans to reverse their decision to bar journalists from the floor of the chamber. “When news of these restrictions […]

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]]> Iowa senators want to legalize marijuana in state constitution https://holaamericanews.com/iowa-senators-want-to-legalize-marijuana-in-state-constitution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iowa-senators-want-to-legalize-marijuana-in-state-constitution Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:28:10 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=16992 By Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch Three Democratic state senators said Tuesday they plan to propose a constitutional amendment that would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana in Iowa for […]

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]]> Biden extends student loan repayment pause three more months https://holaamericanews.com/biden-extends-student-loan-repayment-pause-three-more-months/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=biden-extends-student-loan-repayment-pause-three-more-months Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:26:35 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=16987 By Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch President Joe Biden will continue a pandemic-spurred pause on student loan repayments until May 1, he said Wednesday. Loan repayments were set to restart […]

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]]> Reynolds cites pandemic and asserts executive privilege in open-records lawsuit https://holaamericanews.com/reynolds-cites-pandemic-and-asserts-executive-privilege-in-open-records-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reynolds-cites-pandemic-and-asserts-executive-privilege-in-open-records-lawsuit Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:20:46 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=16750 By Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch Lawyers for Gov. Kim Reynolds are arguing in court that she was too busy to respond quickly to public-records requests this year due to […]

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]]> Family of Des Moines teenager killed during alleged robbery say there is more to his story https://holaamericanews.com/family-of-des-moines-teenager-killed-during-alleged-robbery-say-there-is-more-to-his-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-of-des-moines-teenager-killed-during-alleged-robbery-say-there-is-more-to-his-story Thu, 09 Dec 2021 02:35:29 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=16691 By Andrea May Sahouri, Des Moines Register Jessica Fernandez scoffed at the word “justice.” For her son, who was shot and killed last month, “there is no justice,” she said. […]

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]]> Judge rules against lowering bail for Fairfield teenagers accused of murdering Spanish teacher https://holaamericanews.com/judge-rules-against-lowering-bail-for-fairfield-teenagers-accused-of-murdering-spanish-teacher/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-rules-against-lowering-bail-for-fairfield-teenagers-accused-of-murdering-spanish-teacher Wed, 08 Dec 2021 04:10:45 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=16672 By Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio A judge has ruled against lowering the bail for two teenagers accused of killing a Spanish teacher in Fairfield last month. Judge Joel Yates […]

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