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.
Each family will receive funds from Kansas City plus money from the private auto insurance provider for the firefighter who was driving
More than 90 out of 102 county sheriffs have publicly stated that they won’t aggressively enforce the law
Raymond Barton says his rights were violated, and his attorneys say he was at odds with Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley
A New Jersey police officer’s claim that he was a victim of political retribution drew plenty of sympathy at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, but it wasn’t clear whether the justices would find that Jeffrey Heffernan has a case under the First Amendment
The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee approved separate but identical bills to repeal a 2015 law on the court system’s budget enacted by Republicans. The law tied all funding for the courts through June 2017 to a failed effort to curb the Kansas Supreme Court’s administrative power
California regulators on Tuesday rejected Volkswagen’s recall plan for some of the German automaker’s most popular diesel models that used software to intentionally deceive government emissions tests, including the Beetle, Jetta, Golf and Passat
After fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times, white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke had the option of taking a day or two before internal investigators could interview him. Many cities stipulate a 48-hour wait. Officers in Baltimore get more - 10 days
The city received a $425,000 grant from the Department of Justice. The city is one of four selected for the current fiscal year’s Smart Prosecution Initiative grants
A federal judge heard arguments in a case that could affect whether prisoners are counted in drawing voting districts in Florida, an issue that affects voting power particularly in rural areas of the state
The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld as constitutional a state requirement that local governments help pay for education, reversing a lower court decision
Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues. The opposing directions in the states reflect a nation with increasingly polarized politics
The Oklahoma-based tribe is among seven agencies and the only tribe in the nation to receive part of $2.7 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of an initiative to fight sexual assault against women
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is on the defensive again, dealing with the fallout from a judge’s opinion accusing a top city lawyer of hiding evidence in another case involving a fatal police shooting
A judge upheld Seattle’s so-called gun violence tax on Tuesday, rejecting a challenge from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups
With same-sex marriage now legal nationwide, lawmakers in numerous states are preparing for a new round of battles in 2016 over whether to grant discrimination protections to LGBT people or religious exemptions to nonprofits and businesses that object to gay marriage
President Barack Obama defended his administration’s plans to tighten the nation’s gun-control restrictions without going through Congress, insisting that the steps he’ll announce fall within his legal authority and uphold the constitutional right to own a gun
An armed anti-government group took over a remote national wildlife refuge in Oregon as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West, while federal authorities are keeping watch but keeping their distance
A $622,000 federal grant was awarded to the Pima County Attorney’s Office to expand advocacy services to crime victims in outlying county municipal courts
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