St. Marys County advances Piney Point water and wastewater projects with approved loans, tied to a 2024 MDE consent decree ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a legal challenge to fisheries management in the Great Lakes region filed by the Sault Ste.

U.S. District Court Judge Lee Rosenthal is giving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton the opportunity to argue that new state laws could invalidate a first-of-its-kind bail reform in Harris County. In a ...

FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. BUT ALSO BREAKING HERE AT HOME. THE NOPD CONSENT DECREE IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END AFTER MORE THAN 12 YEARS. THE FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSEEING THOSE REFORMS NOW AN AGREEMENT ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of the killings of George Floyd ...

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH, AND I’M RICK VAN HOOSE. IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENDED ITS CONSENT DECREE WITH LOUISVILLE. BUT TODAY, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS GATHERED DOWNTOWN ...

Louisville’s “Community Commitment” police reform plan omits some provisions from the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. Some changes are to provisions meant to address ...

Oklahoma lawmakers approved legislation and a consent decree aimed at reducing mental health treatment wait times for inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial, with new oversight measures to ensure ...

LSU NEWS AT FOUR STARTS RIGHT NOW. A HISTORIC SHIFT IN NEW ORLEANS POLICING MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS. JUDGE SUSIE MORGAN SIGNED AN ORDER TODAY ENDING FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE NOPD. WDSU REPORTER ...

A federal judge ended the Justice Department's agreement with Kentucky officials on police reform. But some changes will ...

Baltimore City stands at a crossroads—between fragile progress and a perilous retreat. As the U.S. Department of Justice continues scaling back its civil rights oversight, the city’s landmark police ...

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration has scaled back federal oversight of police departments, but Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul remains a strong supporter of the consent decree in ...