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.
Four of seven justices found the scientific methodology is not reliable enough to allow examiners to testify that a particular gun fired a particular bullet
The group would analyze data on the state’s prison populations, recidivism rates, sentence proportionality and sentencing disparities
Providing LEOs “emotional and psychological support is important to ensure that officer stress and fatigue do not contribute to constitutional violations,” the report said
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.
Cambridge, Mass., has passed the country’s strictest pet shops ordinance, restricting the sale of pets to animal rescue organizations and shelters.
The merit-based green card system would be designed to raise American wages. But policy experts say past immigration reform actions have failed to do so.
The causes of Bloody Monday, the 1855 election day anti-immigrant riots that led to violence, property loss and death, are still debated today.
Techies just proved all voting machines can be hacked. Old equipment, slow innovation and hung-up Federal funding do not bode well for 2018 elections.
U.S. Court of Appeals ruled EPA Secretary Pruitt lacked authority to delay methane pollution rules on Big Energy, and has ordered agency enforcement.
State attorney generals just got the green light on defending healthcare subsidies to insurers that offer exchange plans, in federal court.
Two experts agree that insurers would have a solid lawsuit if President Trump stops healthcare payments known as cost-sharing subsidies under the ACA.
A lawsuit that delayed Chicago’s soda tax in July could have resulted in more than 900 layoffs from Cook County Sheriffs Office.
Lynwood, Calif., put applicants for marijuana cultivation licenses through full scale review. Of 40+ applicants, 13 have preliminary approval.
Repeal of the 2015 Clean Water Rule takes the regulation of headwaters, wetlands, lakes and other waters under CWA back to court.
A new sales tax revenue program proposed for the Aug. 1, 2017, King County ballot would raise $67 million per year for art, science and cultural programs and access.
One key change of the Attorney General’s executive order on asset forfeiture is placing conditions on police seizures of assets less than $10,000.
A bipartisan bill and a lawsuit address the fate of the 2012 DACA program authorizing work and certain protections for immigrants arriving before age 16.
A Massachusetts court ruled a worker with Crohn’s disease being treated with medical marijuana may sue her former employer for discrimination.
