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.
The NYPD holds that even though he was cleared of spying, Baimadajie Angwang should be fired for insubordination after failing to show up to an internal affairs interrogation
The law makes public possession a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail for the first two offenses and up to a year for additional offenses
“Our message for our officers is, ‘Take your time. Slow down and make sure that you’re complying with the law,’” Lockport Police Deputy Chief Ron Huff said
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.
Democrats sparred on a number of policy issues in Atlanta Wednesday, but Mayor Buttigieg won the night for emerging from the debate unscathed.
The senator and former Newark, New Jersey, mayor spoke to an intimate crowd in Derry last week, hours after signing up for the first presidential primary.
The Vermont senator and former mayor is in a similar position to that of the 2016 presidential race: within range of a top finish, supported by a die-hard base galvanized by his economic appeal to working-class voters.
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