Legal
Legal matters are a core focus for local and state government agencies, encompassing the creation, interpretation, and enforcement of laws and regulations that govern public affairs. Legal frameworks ensure that government actions are consistent with the rule of law and protect citizens’ rights. Though by no means a perfect system – enforcement inequities continue to make the headlines – local leaders strive to create laws that work fairly for all.
San Diego would be the first city in the county to battery storage and disposal
The 12 cities claim the zero-bail schedule for nonviolent felonies and misdemeanors will result in a “significant increase in criminals released back into the community”
Fires are not uncommon as smoke detectors, sprinklers are lacking inside the Men’s Central Jail
Last week, Mecklenburg County judges, prosecutors and public defenders began analyzing the jail’s logs to identify candidates for release.
Officials in Arizona, Florida and Illinois felt they had done enough to ensure the safety of voters, even as concerns mounted that there will not be enough poll workers in some precincts.
Under the OneOhio plan, 30% of the money would go to community recovery efforts handled by local governments.
The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections chose not to use the state’s new — and expensive — touchscreen voting machines, citing concerns about ballot privacy.
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“I think the biggest threat to America’s elections is not letting people vote, and I think we saw a little of that challenge today,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said
Albuquerque Firefighter Laurianna Sargent discovered she is not covered under the state’s presumptive cause bill because she was diagnosed after age 40
More things than people are now connected to the internet, and these connected objects are a new terrain for election interference.
The proposal, modeled after a law Texas enacted last year, would give Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office oversight of local officials’ decisions to hire outside attorneys.
The stakes are high. Money is flowing into both campaigns, and some of California’s top Democrats find themselves on opposite sides.
Documents gathered as the company prepared for trial showed that a Mallinckrodt sales manager told a distributor in 2009 of the pills: “Just like Doritos; keep eating, we’ll make more.”
Governor Lujan Grisham said sheriffs should have the opportunity to oppose any proposed policy change, but “they cannot not enforce.”
The 2nd Circuit said the plain language of relevant laws make clear that the U.S. attorney general can impose conditions on states and municipalities receiving money
Berkeley’s idea is the latest creative solution proposed to ease California’s housing crisis, which would give renters “the first refusal and right to purchase” when their apartment buildings or rented homes are put on the market.
Some of the most popular ballot-marking machines register votes in bar codes that the human eye cannot decipher; that’s a problem, researchers say
A bill working its way through the Alabama Legislature seeks to limit city governments’ use of occupational taxes to address revenue shortfalls
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