Gun safety is the most important issue of Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell’s presidential campaign. Texas is synonymous with the Second Amendment. The juxtaposition brought candor Wednesday from Houstonians who gave Swalwell their opinions on the gun debate.
Read moreIt’s a mantra Texas officials have repeated for months and probably say in their sleep: We need more school funding and property tax reform. Their vision came to light with an $11 billion package lawmakers unveiled Thursday.
Read moreMore than 60 inmates, disproportionately black, are set to stay in Washington state prisons for life — left out of the latest in a multiyear wave of reforms easing tough-on-crime three-strikes laws around the United States.
Read moreLori Lightfoot told aldermen and other city powerbrokers assembled at her inauguration Monday as Chicago’s first black woman mayor that she meant what she said on the campaign trail about top-to-bottom reforms in the nation’s third-largest city.
Read moreDemocratic presidential hopeful and U.S. Senator Cory Booker emphasized community and called for action Friday during roundtable discussion on gun violence prevention in North Carolina.
Read moreDemocratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California is introducing legislation, including a $250 million grant program, to ease the burden on public defenders around the country.
Read moreA poll released Thursday gives a taste of the country’s mood ahead of next year’s presidential election, with two-thirds of Americans suggesting that significant changes are needed to make the government work.
Read moreLining up what is likely to be a fixture of the 2020 presidential election, health care activists on Tuesday told lawmakers a Medicare for All plan is necessary to truly reform the health care system, as right-leaning economists cautioned them on the legislation’s price tag and the fundamental changes it would bring to the U.S. insurance industry.
Read moreAdopting a number of criminal-justice reforms with the 2020 budget, New York paved the way this weekend for the state to nix cash bail in the vast majority of cases.
Read moreIt’s a tip that has been passed onto convicts for years: On your way to federal prison, say you have a substance abuse problem, and you could qualify for a treatment program that knocks up to a year off your sentence.
Read moreThe House of Representatives on Friday passed a sweeping elections and ethics reform bill that makes changes to voting registration, redistricting and campaign finance rules, but the measure is unlikely to become law because of Republican opposition in the Senate.
Read moreGreece’s bailout creditors say the country has fallen behind on several key reforms that have been set as a condition for debt relief worth nearly $1.1 billion.
Read moreA federal judge approved a final consent decree between Illinois and the Chicago Police Department on Thursday, ensuring court oversight over a department that has been under fire the past few years for brutality, discrimination and lack of accountability.
Read moreVirginia Democrats proposed a series of new gun-control measures Monday as they gear up to try to regain the majority this fall when every seat in both chambers of the Legislature is up for grabs.
Read moreThe California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a sheriff union’s request to block a new state law that provides public access to past police-misconduct and use-of-force records.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit on Wednesday denied as untimely a Chicago police union’s attempt to intervene in Illinois’ lawsuit against the city over police brutality against blacks and Latinos.
Read moreTwo days after President Donald Trump put his signature on bipartisan criminal-justice reform, one notable federal prisoner quickly sought to benefit from the new law: former Bernie Madoff secretary Annette Bongiorno.
Read moreOutgoing California Governor Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit Thursday to block a ballot initiative he says will weaken voter-approved criminal justice reforms and lead back down the path to prison overcrowding in the Golden State.
Read moreAs the clock winds down on the promise by Republican leadership to vote on a criminal-justice reform bill, a bipartisan group of lawmakers released a new version Wednesday of the momentum-gaining legislation.
Read moreWhen Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva took office Monday, he didn’t address how he would fulfill promises to reform a scandal-ridden department and ensure his officers serve all residents, including immigrants, equitably. Community leaders say the clock is already ticking.
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