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.
Officer Jeffrey Smith’s death resulted in a new law that extended eligibility for federal benefits to the families of officers who died by suicide
“It is incredibly important our hardworking correctional officers get paid what they deserve,” Gov. Jim Justice said
At the time of the 2019 killings, Michael Cummins was close to being arrested for probation violations
After six Philadelphia officers were shot in a crime-related gun battle, Mayor Jim Kenney responds that officer safety is enough cause for local leaders to seek gun control.
The FCC has approved Kari’s Law, which requires direct access to 911 on multi-line phones.
Former Colorado Governor and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has dropped out of the race for U.S. President.
The Washington D.C. Police Department and 19 state entities were using Cisco’s Video Surveillance Manager during the time the known vulnerability went unpatched.
Police are linking the suspected gunman that drove 10 hours to the scene of a mass shooting at an El Paso shopping mall near the city’s main border checkpoint to online hate speech.
The Affordable Care Act faces another hearing in appeals court.
This brief analysis addresses why the ‘reasonableness’ of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than in hindsight
Candidates address climate change policies like a carbon tax, soil amendments and the Green New Deal.
Former HUD Secretary and former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro lauded as immigration leader in first debate of half the Election 2020 Democratic candidates.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he is running for U.S. President in Election 2020.
Former Colorado Governor and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is running for U.S. President in Election 2020.
Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam is running for U.S. President in Election 2020 on a gun reform platform.
ICMA, with support and funding from the city of Half Moon Bay, California, developed a report on the local impacts of commercial cannabis with 10 case studies.
Rape kits, or SAKs, must go to the state’s crime lab whether the victim chooses to report to law enforcement right away, or at a later date.
Colorado, Washington and other states with legal marijuana reconsider weed edibles packaging and labeling requirements in light of increases in emergency room visits and poison control calls for unintentional pediatric ingestion.
Midwestern Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, announced his official candidacy for President from his city’s partially recalibrated Studebaker factory mixed-use technology center.
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