2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1001+ words) Eric Zimmerman Questions Data Used to Justify LEAD Program (The Center Square) - False information led Congress and others to appropriate tens of millions of dollars in cities across the nation for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion model, data shows. As…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (336+ words) (The Center Square) – A bill designed to prevent homelessness in California is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature after it passed the Legislature late last month. Under the legislation, the strategies have to be submitted in a report due on July…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (359+ words) (The Center Square) – Under a new proposal in the Illinois legislature, $25 million in state taxpayer-funded grants would be used for barbers, nail technicians and other professionals to promote voter registration and civic engagement. State Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, filed…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (192+ words) (The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has issued medical cannabis dispensary licenses to 37 existing dispensaries, marking the biggest expansion of the state’s medical cannabis market since 2016. The dispensaries may now sell cannabis to registered patients…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (231+ words) (The Center Square) – Families of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing are gathered alongside survivors and first responders Friday to remember those who were lost. Every year following Sept. 11, 2001, a commemorative ceremony is held at…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (877+ words) (Legal Newsline) — California Democratic state officials can't use state environmental law and rules to force a Santa Barbara County oil pipeline to once again shut down, after a federal judge ruled President Donald Trump did not exceed his authority under…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1123+ words) (The Center Square) – Before North Carolina passed a new law in 2023 outlawing body-altering gender treatments on minors, lawmakers heard testimony from Prisha Mosley, a young detransitioner who spoke of "severe and lasting injuries" after being convinced as a teen that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (553+ words) (The Center Square) - U.S. lawmakers and industry leaders are pushing for a national framework to govern self-driving cars and increase domestic manufacturing. Leaders spoke at an event hosted by Axios in Washington, D.C., while drivers raced through the nation's capital during qualifying…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (444+ words) (The Center Square) – A new bill that would prevent license plate data from being stored for more than 60 days is expected to be up for a vote in the California Legislature this week. Senate Bill 1013, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes,…...