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.
Providing LEOs “emotional and psychological support is important to ensure that officer stress and fatigue do not contribute to constitutional violations,” the report said
The bills also make it possible for anyone sentenced for a serious crime as a child to be given the option of parole after 10 years
New standards include the use of soft restraints, rather than metal cuffs; the routine involvement of health professionals; and regular checks on restrained inmates
Do competing interests at the federal, state and local levels threaten the 50-year old Wild and Scenic Rivers Act?
The waste collection and disposal provider to local governments and others nationwide will pay for allegedly encouraging the hiring of illegal labor at a West Texas subsidiary between 2003 and April 2012.
The Arizona primary was disrupted with numerous polling stations in Maricopa County delayed for several hours, in part due to voting machine malfunctions.
Data from states like Vermont confirms that MAT for opioid abuse disorder increased under Medicaid expansion.
A U.S. district judge ruled three N.C. counties, and volunteers for the Voter Integrity Project, violated the National Voter Registration Act in purging voter rolls when mail to a challenged voter was returned as undeliverable.
Free rides to the polls by groups both large and small are one of the methods credited for record turnout in last year’s Alabama Special Election
NCSL’s Online Democracy Award is presented annually to a legislature, legislative chamber or caucus that offers outstanding user-friendly online democracy.
Eliminating SALT -- the option of deducting real estate taxes as well as either income taxes or sales taxes paid to state and local governments -- could reduce public safety and infrastructure funding.
Oklahoma’s head of heath announced that a framework is in place to start organizing the state’s medical marijuana industry.
Understand the three reasons recreational cannabis sales aren’t happening yet in Massachusetts and what it takes for local governments to oversee them -- or prevent them entirely.
Police departments in cities coast-to-coast are being sued for not releasing information about their predictive policing systems.
Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate Minneapolis police asking paramedics on scene to sedate people with ketamine
Kris Kobach said 127 non-citizens voted in Kansas since 2013 while 35,000 were unable to register to vote while the show-me-your-papers law was in effect.
Mayors at border ask federal government to reunite families. HHS indicates it is waiting on guidance.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors joins the Major Cities Chiefs Association in adopting sensible gun policy, formally calling on Congress and the federal government to make specific legislative changes.
The city council in Boulder, Colorado, has banned certain assault weapons. The NRA reported that a residents groups quickly filed a lawsuit challenging the local law in court.
MOST POPULAR
- Taking Public Safety Communications to the Next Level: FirstNet’s Innovation and Test Lab
- Massive Oakland Homeless Camp Poses Major Fire Hazard
- Some Wonder if Electric Microgrids Could Light the Way in California (and Elsewhere)
- Winooski, Vermont, Joins Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness
- Buttigieg Would Pick VA’s 1st Female Secretary