Iowa's high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees ...

German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for ...

Luis Perez waited 53 and a half years to be freed from prison. When his day finally came, on Jan. 16, 2025, he could practically feel the warmth and quiet of his daughter’s guest bedroom, where he ...

In Arkansas next month, two supreme court justices are seeking re-election, sort of—neither is running for the seat they currently hold, but rather for each other’s seat on the bench. Nick Bronni and ...

Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?

Voters in Lewiston, Maine, here pictured in 2022, will decide a competitive state House seat critical to control of the state government this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Democrats hold the ...

Karen Edwards had never spoken to lawmakers before last year. But this past June, she summoned the nerve to testify before them about her experiences with domestic violence. She spoke to them via ...

Below are the candidates who filed to run for district attorney and sheriff by the state’s filing deadline for major party candidates. (This list was published as of January 2026; unaffiliated ...

Do you have a question about how local and state governments can, and are, responding to ICE? Let us know this week, and we will do our best to answer. An hour north of D.C., a Maryland county that ...

On his last day in office, outgoing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have restricted local and state law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration ...