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 with small amounts of methamphetamine, heroin and LSD are subject to non-criminal violations and given the choice to call a statewide hotline or pay a $100 fine
“I was handed, when I took over, what I believed were politically based and politically motivated prosecutions against police officers.”
“In other words, this current board might decide to reorganize the county fire department... take it out of existence,” a Vance County commissioner said
The largest voting machine manufacturers have until the end of the month to tell lawmakers about efforts to assure election cybersecurity
The DA proposes seeing others’ footage could change what a cop says during an investigation. Does Texas body cam law allow review of all scene footage?
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns lower court ruling: it’s game on for the Texas sanctuary cities law that was to go in effect this month.
The Graham-Cassidy bill would end Medicare expansion under ACA, except for low-density states like Alaska, and instead give block grants to states.
Some activists want negotiation to save the dreamers, others feel any deal to preserve DACA but strengthen immigration enforcement will ignite ICE.
As the White House and Congress go back and forth on protections for Dreamers, colleges are looking at ways to protect DACA students.
Activists gathered at Madison County Courthouse for a lynching vigil to acknowledge 11 people that lost their lives in the Jim Crow era.
The ACLU finds that proposed textalyzer law in New York state fails Constitutional muster based on undeveloped technology and several unanswered questions.
The Houston Mayor urged immigrants that need shelter to come forward despite the state’s sanctuary city ban going into effect Friday, pledging solidarity.
The dreamers may lose their protection from deportation along with their legal permission to work, but lawmakers could act before DACA officially ends.
A high number of discarded votes from the 2016 election in Kansas is drawing ire, with critics blaming strict polling site and out-of-county voting rules.
A new concealed carry bill that would legalize permits across state lines is facing pushback from state police in New York and California.
From Baltimore to Branson, Mo., some food truck vendors say cities’ distance ordinances destroy them, and they are fighting back in court.
With the White House’s rollback of federal protection, many school districts are left to deal with the transgender bathroom debate on their own.
According to the ACLU, municipalities like Charlottesville, Va., must have “precise and specific standards” to deny protests
When John Legend addresses mass incarceration, he impresses upon local lawmakers the social and financial costs of 65 million offenders.
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