An Illinois anti-corruption law prohibiting government contractors from making campaign contributions is being challenged as unconstitutional after a public housing management firm lost a contract because its founder made contributions to Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
Read moreNewly inaugurated Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended a county elections supervisor on Friday, as fallout from last year’s vote recount continues into 2019.
Read moreLOS ANGELES (CN) – The fifth day of the Los Angeles teacher strike began with bargaining talks and a union
Read moreA federal judge properly dismissed fuel companies’ challenge to the current version of California’s low-carbon fuel standards, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, finding recent precedent has settled whether such programs are inconsistent with the structure of the Constitution as the companies claimed.
Read moreFive members of a group pushing for Hawaiian sovereignty group were arrested after a hours-long seizure of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Thursday, and are accused of assaulting staff and prompting a building evacuation and lockdown by Honolulu police.
Read morePolice in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe say a burglary suspect who was shot to death by an officer was a 14-year-old boy carrying a replica gun.
Read moreFacing extinction after lawmakers set wheels in motion to outlaw the practice in 2018, the bail industry has qualified a referendum that will ask voters whether to scrap or restore California’s money bail system.
Read moreA judge on Thursday acquitted three Chicago police officers of trying to cover up the 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald to protect the white officer seen pulling the trigger on dashcam video that showed the black teen getting hit with 16 bullets.
Read moreBargaining between the Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers’ union resumed Thursday as nearly 30,000 educators entered the fourth day of their strike at the nation’s second largest public school district.
Read moreMicrosoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region’s widening affordability gap.
Read moreThe Kern County, California, Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to rescind approval for a project that would have allowed a Bakersfield refinery to process up to 63 million barrels of volatile Bakken crude oil a year.
Read moreAn attorney for a Missouri woman allergic to grass argued before the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday that her city’s ordinance requiring her to have grass on her property is unconstitutional.
Read moreA North Carolina town that rang in the New Year with a traditional “Possum Drop” has faced online criticism from animal rights advocates who say this year’s opossum was injured, prompting the town to use a stuffed animal for future celebrations.
Read moreOn day two of the Los Angeles teacher strike, educators in red rallied outside a charter school’s headquarters Tuesday to highlight their frustration over what they call the privatization of public schools.
Read moreAn 11th Circuit panel appeared highly unsympathetic Tuesday to Alabama drivers who argue a city ordinance unlawfully imposes fines on motorists caught by automated red-light cameras without giving them the right to confront their accuser.
Read moreEmergency officials in Southern California expect up to 3 inches of rain Tuesday night and have told some residents living near wildfire burn scars to leave their homes in case of possible mudslides.
Read moreAn attorney for a St. Louis County homeowner argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Tuesday that his municipality’s limit on the number of signs residents can have on their property hinders his free speech.
Read moreThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Knoxville is one step closer in its effort to name a former pastor of a Chattanooga church a saint after it received permission from a court to exhume his remains.
Read moreOregon’s effort to prevent California sea lions from feasting on the dwindling winter steelhead at Willamette Falls will not proceed as planned because of the federal government shutdown.
Read moreOn the heels of promising to end judicial activism in the Sunshine State, newly elected Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday named his second of three appointments to the Florida Supreme Court’s seven-member panel.
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