Responding to a report in the Phoenix New Times, Gov. Janet Napolitano claimed last week she didn't know that two political allies were officers in a student-loan company established by her executive order. The Arizona Higher Education Loan Authority was created in December 2004; four months later the governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed other companies to compete with the nonprofit student-loan firm. New Times’ investigation reported that the firm is headed by politically connected retired firefighters with close ties to the governor.
Despite an alt-weekly article that an alleged murderer contends prejudices the case against him, Judge Michael Kupersmith ruled that proceedings will continue, the Burlington Free Press reports. Brian Rooney, suspected of killing a University of Vermont student, sought to have the case dismissed due to an article anonymously contributed to Seven Days by an FBI agent involved in the investigation.
The fate of two San Francisco Chronicle reporters could be a journalistic watershed, the New York Times reports. District Judge Jeffrey S. White wants Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada to serve up to 18 months in jail for refusing to divulge their grand jury sources. "This is the single, biggest case I have ever been involved in," says Eve Burton, the Hearst lawyer representing the reporters. "If the government wins in this case, every reporter's notebook will be available to the government for the asking," Burton says.
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