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• Repairing the system: Improving policing practices in communities of color

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  8 actionable steps any state or municipality can take to start mending the relationships between police and community

• Judge lifts ban on releasing NYPD police discipline records

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  A federal judge had halted the release of disciplinary records online last week after unions sued

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• Judge blocks release of NYPD discipline records

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  Unions argued that posting unproven or false complaints could sully officers' reputations and compromise their safety

• Editorial: Diversion is a good step toward criminal justice reform

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  Pittsburgh announced a new pilot program this week that aims to keep low-level offenders out of the criminal justice system

• As Trump tries to speed up infrastructure projects, 21 states sue to protect waterways

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  The water regulation changes, finalized last week, will limit states' reviews of natural gas and oil pipelines and other projects impacting waterways

• Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city

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  Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum also announced she is suing the federal law enforcement agencies involved for violating Oregonians' civil rights

• Michigan's moratorium on evictions ends, but Detroit tenants get one month reprieve

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  The 36th District Court on Thursday lengthened the prohibition on evictions in the city through Aug. 15

• Oakland to pay $32.7M to settle Ghost Ship fire suits

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  The settlement will go to the families of 32 of the 36 who died in the 2016 blaze as well as one severely injured survivor

• Georgia governor sues Atlanta over mask mandate

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  Gov. Brian Kemp announced the suit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and members of the city council Thursday

• Georgia mayors to Gov. Kemp over new order banning mask directives: Nope

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  Several mayors said Thursday they will not rescind their local mask orders, and will go to court to defend them if necessary

• Southern Poverty Law Center announces $30M investment in voter registration and mobilization efforts

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  Voter outreach organizations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi are eligible for support

• Is state preemption making us less safe? Local officials in Georgia 'frustrated' at lack of control in COVID-19 response

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  Gov. Brian Kemp has now explicitly suspended mask mandates put in place by local governments via executive order

• What happens when a governor and the capital city's mayor go to war?

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  A look at the rift between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over COVID, protests

• Group seeks to oust Oklahoma mayor, council over cuts to police funding

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  "Unite Norman" is upset with the council over its decision to reallocate 3.6% of the police department's annual budget to community development programs

• Colo. town will shield police from 'personal liability' portion of police reform law

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  Greenwood Village stated the town would in all cases defend any police officer in any suit or proceeding brought under Senate Bill 217

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