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.
Several northeast Ohio departments will continue to screen for marijuana, as the law permits employers to bar applicants who use it
The 2022 shooting left both officers wounded; one has not returned to police work
The lawsuit was filed by three academy graduates from 2017 and 2018 on behalf of their whole classes
House Democrats and several of the hearing’s witnesses said some immigrants and Hispanics may still be afraid to participate in the census this spring
Practically speaking, there’s a big difference between scanning a network for vulnerabilities and actually breaking into it and extracting sensitive information. But that doesn’t mean these efforts don’t undermine the public’s trust.
Three national refugee resettlement agencies argue that Trump’s October executive order allowing local governments to keep new refugees from settling in their jurisdictions illegally conflicts with the Refugee Act and are seeking a preliminary injunction.
The move will have little practical effect as no refugees have been resettled in Beltrami County in the past five years.
Between half and three-quarters of the developable land in much of the state is zoned for single-family housing, making denser growth off-limits there — aside from garage conversions or backyard units.
Firearm manufacturers and dealers are protected from liability when their products are used to commit crimes, but not when they themselves knowingly violate federal gun laws.
The National Rifle Association has placed an ad on an interstate billboard in Richmond warning of a “Northam/Bloomberg Confiscation Plan.” The group has a “confiscation” countdown timer linked to the start of the legislative session on its website.
“We’ve got a president who claims to, pretends to speak for communities like mine: lower-income, industrial, working-class communities. And it’s time for a voice that actually comes from the experience of shaping and guiding one of those communities to be in Washington,” the former mayor said.
Only six states have laws specifically allowing campaign money to be used for child care.
Officer Charles Starks was fired after shooting at Bradley Blackshire at least 15 times through the windshield of a car last February; a spokeswoman for Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott said the city will appeal the ruling
When a school system wants to remove a violent disabled child from those classrooms, the layers of documentation and data-keeping required under the law can take months -- and during that time, other children have been severely injured.
The former mayor made the attention-getting choice of Puerto Rico as his first campaign stop, recited the names of black victims killed in high-profile police shootings and was the first in the field to call for Trump’s impeachment. He also was a leading voice in the field on poverty and ending hunger.
Lawyers for the fire victims have asked the judge to reduce the government agencies’ claims, arguing that the California governor’s office of emergency services can’t recover the costs of carrying out public services such as response to fires.
State legislators had rejected an amendment allowing the use of public assistance IDs, which District Court Judge Loretta Biggs described as “particularly suspect”
“We are ending the 50-year-long war on cannabis,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement. “We are restoring rights to many tens of thousands of Illinoisans.”
Birmingham firefighter Gary Michael Horsley Jr. says in his lawsuit filed last week that the station has reopened despite safety concerns.
