A slew of new labor-related laws, a plastic bag ban, new requirements for tortillas, and more for the Golden State ...

New bar on New York State employers’ requiring “employment promissory notes” as a condition of employment. Also, an amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law clarifies that an actual or ...

Chief State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin said Tuesday that he has chosen a prosecutor from outside the New Haven area ...

Crime rates have declined statewide since Illinois ended cash bail with the SAFE-T Act, but some rural law enforcement ...

A petition filed to Hawaii’s State House and Senate alleges a legislator accepted tens of thousands of dollars. The citizens’ petition calls on Hawaii’s House and Senate to convene a committee with ...

New Orleans ended 2025 with its third year of declining violent crime rates even as armed National Guard troops patrolled the ...

New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral honors at 6,166 graveside services in 2025.The 69 ...

A former Uvalde, Texas, police officer goes on trial Monday, accused of failing to respond properly to a deadly 2022 school shooting. He faces 29 charges of child endangerment.

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After a busy year for the California Legislature, hundreds of new state laws are taking effect in the new year, affecting ...

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A wide range of new state laws will take effect in 2026, bringing changes that impact workers, students, renters and ...