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.
People who are “not citizens, but are legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law” will be allowed to apply for PD jobs
The investigative tool can look collectively at an agency’s stops, searches, or arrests; use of excessive force; possible discriminatory policing and more
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From voter caging to voter suppression -- and everything in between -- we offer voter registration resources for local election officials to reference.
From federally-funded intrusion detection sensors, audits and a mechanism for information sharing, DHS says election security has advanced.
Each state was designated to receive at least $3 million as a base for purchasing certified voting systems to replace vulnerable election equipment.
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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
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