The Democratic Party in Chesapeake, Virginia’s second-largest city, has embraced and endorsed the local sheriff who ...

Chicago’s public defenders are among the best-resourced in Illinois, but even there, massive case loads have attorneys and ...

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Wyoming residents began facing some of the nation’s harshest rules when registering to vote, and additional barriers may still be coming. Wyoming became the... Read More ...

Measured by the intensity of the media glare, Tuesday night unquestionably belonged to Liz Cheney’s bid for political survival, as the conservative Republican with the dynastic name fell in a race ...

The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated ...

This article is part of a series on 287(g) contracts in states. ICE’s prized 287(g) program took a hit last week. Two of the nation’s four largest counties with 287(g) contracts quit the program ...

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to discrimination laws, and a funding crunch depleting their work.

The announcement was received with cautious optimism by proponents of parole reform, who have complained for years that the board’s understaffing leads to unsustainable caseloads and hurried parole ...

The resounding defeat of Ohio’s Issue 1, a constitutional amendment that would have undercut direct democracy in the state, received wall-to-wall coverage last week because it salvaged the prospect ...

Chicago built a new police team to rebuild community trust. It harassed drivers of color instead.