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Jonathan Singer, one of just two state legislators who endorsed the Colorado ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana. He was talking to a reporter in his car while his 3-year-old sat in the back seat.
Criminal records that Pennsylvania is automatically sealing for charges that didn't result in convictions and low-level misdemeanors committed by people who haven't incurred any other charges within a decade. The state's Clean Slate law is unprecedented in America.
One study, conducted at the University of Michigan Law School, found people who received expungements saw their wages increase by an average of 25 percent within two years.
Colorado’s first-in-the-nation experiment with legalized marijuana has infused the drug into almost every corner of life.
Pritzker said the order establishes a new Affirming and Inclusive Schools Task Force, and directs the state’s public school board to take “comprehensive action” to better support transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students.
Gov. David Ige has approved a new law that enables family members, co-workers or police to obtain court orders blocking access to firearms for people who show signs they could pose a danger to themselves or others.
The settlement stipulates $200 million, or the bulk of the settlement, must go toward establishing a national center for addiction treatment at the Oklahoma State University Center for Wellness and Recovery in Tulsa.
A loss of accreditation would prevent university students from receiving federal financial aid, as well as affect processes for transfer students.
Medicaid recipients in Arizona can now use Lyft to travel to non-emergency medical appointments, with similar laws on the way in Florida and Texas.
Much remains in flux, including the possibility of land being taken through eminent domain to widen evacuation routes.
Patricia Okonta, a legal fellow at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, referring to school dress codes that prohibit hairstyles typically associated with black people, such as afros, braids, twists, and locks. California is on its way to becoming the first state to ban discrimination against natural hair.
Anticipated reduction in non-citizens' response rate to the 2020 Census if it includes a citizenship question. That translates to an overall drop of 2.2 percentage points for all households.
That number represents about 2.5 million more voters than were removed from 2013 to 2014 under the National Voting Rights Act, which mandates that states allow increased voting and registration opportunities as well as maintain accurate and current voting rolls.
The New York City Council passed the legislation Wednesday, calling for an immediate response to the global climate crises.
The bill, which the Senate approved in April, updates the state's anti-discrimination law so that the term "race" includes "traits historically associated with race."
The attack hit the city on June 10 after being targeted with malware attack known as "Triple Threat." The ransom request came days later.
Used by countless state lawmakers around the country for the past two centuries, walking out grinds legislative action to a halt.
Conversion therapy, banned in 16 states and Washington, D.C., is an umbrella of interventions — such as hypnosis or physical distress — to change a child's sexual orientation or gender identity.
What prevents cities from adopting electric buses en masse is a mix of technological, financial, and institutional challenges.
Utah may spend up to $50 million over about five years as part of a new deal with Panasonic to expand the use of roadside sensor technology that will be able to exchange data in real time with compatible vehicles traveling on the state’s roads.
President Trump's ending of the safe release program is costing cities and counties. Congress is debating a bill that would at least partially reimburse them.
Red-state voters supported it in the fall, but Republican lawmakers in other states are still hesitant.
The 5-4 ruling leaves no options for challenging maps perceived as unfairly partisan in federal court.
The justices rejected the Trump administration's plan, for now, to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Even if it's not ultimately added, there are concerns about immigrants, minorities and low-income people not being counted.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court decision that leaves it up to states and Congress to address partisan gerrymandering.
People who could lose their health care -- whether it's through Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program or the marketplace -- if the Trump administration goes through with its proposal to change how the federal poverty line is calculated.
Alice Rivlin's legacy includes not only the creation of a pathbreaking national institution but also the salvation of the District of Columbia.
One way to boost immunization rates is to narrow school vaccination exemptions, which four states have done this year. Another is to take the decision out of parents’ hands and let their kids choose for themselves
These institutions offer statewide resources that municipal leaders should take more advantage of.
This brings the total number of BSO first responders fired in the aftermath of the worst high school shooting in Florida history to four.
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