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The 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned criminal convictions for five Sacramento defendants who had been caught with marijuana in their prison cells.
Tenants who comes to court with an attorney. Landlords, meanwhile, almost always have legal representation.
Brigid Harrison, a political scientist and law professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey, where a feud between Phil Murphy, the Goldman Sachs executive-turned-governor, and legislative leaders in his own party has stunted legislative progress.
A record number of asylum seekers are crossing the border into the United States, and the U.S. Border Patrol does not have enough holding cell space for families.
The lawsuit argues that the merger would create a company that become the largest wireless company in the U.S., with the effect of "diminished competition, higher prices, and reduced quality and innovation."
Although the rates of the so-called deaths of despair are up nationally, the report's investigators were particularly struck by regional differences in the rates.
Democrats, in control of both the Senate and Assembly for the first time in nearly a decade, have spent weeks mulling over a nine-bill package that would radically reform regulations in favor of renters.
In September, major hotel brands -- including Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt -- agreed to provide the buttons to their employees after hotel workers with the union Unite Here held protests across the country calling for panic buttons and other safety measures.
After winning the special election, Morrissey said voters were not worried about the drama that landed him in jail.
Supporters of the bill said the measure is necessary to protect religious freedom.
The West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would not only punish teachers for protesting but also includes a charter school provision they recently fought to defeat. The House could vote on it as early as Monday.
Alabama Republican state Rep. Steve Hurst, who introduced a bill just signed into law that makes "chemical castration" a parole requirement for sex offenders whose victims are younger than 13. Critics believe that violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Deadline that a judge gave Missouri to officially deny or grant a license renewal for the state's only abortion clinic.
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The governors of Kentucky, New Jersey and West Virginia face different controversies, but they're all wealthy businessmen who had never before held elected office.
Amid concerns over "fake" exemptions, California is debating a bill that would make public health officials sign off on them like they do in other states. Doctors support the legislation, but the Democratic governor has criticized it.
A staunch defender of abortion rights and Maine's first female governor, Janet Mills introduced the bill this year and supported a similar measure last legislative session when she was serving as attorney general.
The treatment consists of taking a medication to suppress or block the production of testosterone.
A new state law allowing Nevada to test out a limited marijuana banking system is expected to bring some relief to the state's booming cannabis industry where dispensaries and other businesses are forced to deal in cash.
A St. Louis judge has ordered that Missouri's sole outpatient abortion provider -- the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis -- be allowed to keep its doors open for now.
Emboldened by encouraging internal poll numbers and growing support from fellow Democrats — though most never retracted their calls for him to step down — Gov. Ralph Northam is becoming more assertive.
The bill, which takes effect before the 2020 election, makes it drastically harder to collect enough signatures to make it onto voters’ ballots.
The governor's opposition does not kill the project but it does set up political hurdles that figure to be formidable.
The seat is currently held by Councilman Dwight Boykins, who recently filed paperwork indicating he will run for mayor, according to earlier reports in the Houston Chronicle.
It's the first state where the legislature -- not voters -- legalized cannabis sales. But that's not all that makes it unique.
People who are being kicked off Medicaid in Georgia because, according to the state, they did not respond to renewal notices. Patients say they never received them; their lawyers say there's evidence that they were never sent.
Statement from the Florida GOP House Speaker José Oliva and Rules Chair Chris Sprowls, calling on state Rep. Mike Hill to apologize for his reaction to a constituent’s recommendation to introduce legislation that would legalize the execution of gay people.
Since the Black Lives Matter movement gained prominence in 2013, much of the public focus has been on African Americans. But broader racial and ethnic coalitions pushed the recent changes in policing practices in a handful of states.
Last month, Alabama lawmakers considered a bill that addressed ending parental rights in cases of rape that result in conception, but the legislature removed that language, limiting the law to cases in which people sexually assault their children.
The state Department of Community Health said the 17,000 had simply not responded to renewal notices informing them how to continue their coverage.
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