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.
Fires are not uncommon as smoke detectors, sprinklers are lacking inside the Men’s Central Jail
The suspect ambushed the deputies while they were sitting in a cruiser and shot both deputies at point-blank range before running away
The Hennepin County attorney’s interpretation of the student restraint law “puts us back to where we were roughly two weeks ago, Minn. Chiefs of Police Association Executive Director Jeff Potts said
Pete Buttigieg roused the crowd in Rev. William Barber’s church by remarking that although politicians “are often specifically advised to speak to the middle class,” the Bible urges awareness of the plight of the poor.
According to the Clark County Black Caucus, Cory Booker has “consistently been a voice for Black Americans on the debate stage, in his policy platform, and media” and understands the root causes of inequities.
The lawsuit in New York began as a challenge to the city’s prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits, either to a shooting range or a second home.
The ceremony coincided with the anniversary of Parks’ Dec. 1, 1955 arrest that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal part of the civil rights movement.
Many activists have called for drug companies to not only be sued but also face criminal charges. An investigation is a step in that direction.
E-cigarettes first appeared in the U.S. more than a decade ago and have grown into a multibillion-dollar industry despite little research on their long-term effects.
Officials with the Huntsville, Alabama, public housing authority had little to say after an investigation found multiple units with an average level of radioactivity above the level that radon contractors say calls for specialized ventilation systems to remove it.
Bloomberg left office with nearly two-thirds of voters saying he made the city better, according to a Quinnipiac University poll, and a long list of important mayoral moments.
The Trump Administration is reducing the number of refugees who may enter the country in 2020 to 18,000 -- the lowest since the program began in 1980.
“I’m running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America,” Bloomberg wrote in his campaign announcement.
Tribal police and courts were not allowed to pursue non-Native Americans who attacked women on reservations until changes were made to the Violence Against Women Act in 2013. Now a Senate version of the reauthorization bill seeks to roll back these changes.
Native American women experience some of the nation’s highest rates of murder, sexual violence and domestic abuse.
There are several ways to make your own firearm, some requiring more knowledge than others. And they don’t require a background check
The state just launched a new public health campaign to tackle rising meth use, but without change to state laws, real recovery may not be possible.
The new effort will target 500,000 voters from traditionally underrepresented groups that typically lean Democratic, including African Americans, Latinos, Asians, young voters and those living in some rural communities.
The ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ movement is on the rise. Several Virginia counties are the latest to pass these resolutions, declaring their intent to oppose “any efforts to unconstitutionally restrict” gun rights.
