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The judge ruled the former trooper’s constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment were violated when he was ordered to lose his pension
“Our message for our officers is, ‘Take your time. Slow down and make sure that you’re complying with the law,’” Lockport Police Deputy Chief Ron Huff said
HPD officers will no longer pursue drivers suspected of Class C offenses, including minor traffic violations and theft, according to the new policy

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Jaime Tincher sat down with St. Paul, Minnesota’s Pioneer Press to discuss reopening the city, and how local leaders are managing a potential $34 million budget shortfall
Plagued by inaccurate results and unclear implications for immunity, antibody tests are not being recommended as a metric for lifting coronavirus restrictions
The Los Angeles Times’ Editorial Board shares strategies that could help governments across the country stave off a major pandemic-related housing crisis
The Paycheck Protection Program, created in March under the CARES Act, has been criticized for being too limiting, particularly for restaurants
The Care19 app sends users’ location and identification data to third-party companies including Foursquare, BugFender and Google
A trip to City Hall in McAlester, Oklahoma, will be a much different experience than it was before the COVID-19 shutdown
Places of worship pose considerably higher risks of infection, having sparked outbreaks nationwide
Vacationers flocked to the region from all over the U.S.; only time will tell if a superspreader event will be the consequence
The capital of Montgomery, where about 200,000 people live, is looking like a disease hot spot
The Collin County court held the civil proceeding on Monday as an experiment to test the viability of the technology going forward