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Washington Official Seeks $500K For ‘Stress Ball’ Injury

A Vancouver, Wash., city councilwoman is seeking $500,000 from the nearby city of Ridgefield, contending that city’s mayor injured her left eye with an errant toss of a foam “stress ball.” Councilwoman Jeanne Harris says Ridgefield Mayor Ron Onslow’s toss …

Menard Guards Wrongly Paid Workers’ Compensation

In a little-noted appearance before the Illinois House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee, the director of the Department of Corrections said millions of dollars in workers’ compensation payments to Menard prison guards were fraudulently obtained. The Belleville News-Democrat reported that Tony Godinez …