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.
The package also removes a residency requirement for Kansas City police officers
A swastika was left at a table where the former mental health worker was known to eat in the jail’s break room
Owners must also pay a fee to cover taxpayers’ costs associated with gun violence
Even in cities that have had rent regulations for decades, such as New York, the issue of affordable rents remains contentious
One key factor preventing upward mobility is state and local regulations that make it expensive for the poor to open businesses or enter a new profession
Most Americans say smoking in public places should be outlawed, while one in four say smoking should be illegal entirely
A law is prohibiting Michigan municipalities from requiring businesses to pay wages, benefits or provide sick days exceeding state or federal requirements
The proposed privatization ordinance is aimed at addressing all of those concerns even though there are no privatization proposals in the pipeline
The Idaho Cybersecurity Task Force will be charged with developing policies, programs and strategies to detect vulnerabilities and prevent attacks
With the ID card, residents who were previously unable to open bank accounts will be able to do so, officials said
The EPA has never cited the health and safety of prisoners as a factor in prison inspections or in the permitting of new facilities
The battle over whether a company can force its workers to pay union dues landed in a Kentucky federal courthouse
The final Clean Power Plan is designed to strengthen the fast-growing trend toward cleaner and lower-polluting American energy
The decision means the kids won’t spent the summer in the county’s juvenile detention center where they have been housed for the past few weeks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s plan to begin regulating electronic cigarettes this summer has renewed debate over tobacco “harm reduction”
Many cities have made changes over the past year following high-profile cases in which civilians were fatally shot by officers or died in police custody
Kansas plans to keep a controversial $25 limit on ATM withdrawals by welfare recipients, despite the possibility of violating federal law
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor wants to reduce how long people are held in the crowded county jail and speed up the processing of felony cases
Fremont Street is the original Vegas gambling hotspot, where casinos got their start before the Strip grew about 2 miles south
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