A federal judge has blocked a Kentucky inmate's request to halt the enforcement of a state law banning the use of public funds for hormone replacement therapy in prisons. The case was brought by ...

California will extend a key climate program under a bill state lawmakers passed Saturday, sending the measure to Gov. Gavin ...

The bills center around cap-and-trade, California’s tentpole environmental regulation system, which places a limit on emissions and allows businesses to buy and sell permits to emit carbon dioxide.

Legislators this summer voted to increase exemptions under the California Environmental Quality Act, also known as CEQA, a watershed law that is sometimes used as an impediment to slow down or stop ...

Senate Bills 627 and 805 would ban law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings and require officers to be readily ...

Columnist Joan Barron writes, “It is obvious that the Freedom Caucus members of the Legislature are eager to show off their new muscles, their ...

Veteran Legislator Abe Uchitelle is once again unopposed in his bid for election to the Ulster County Legislature’s District 5 seat. Uchitelle, 37, is running for a fourth ...

More than 3,300 defendants do not have legal representation in the district courts of Suffolk and Middlesex counties, ...

SB79, which allows for denser housing around transit hubs across the state, now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Why it matters: ...

"As the disgusting Dakota Pacific saga grinds to a close, the residents of Summit County should be wondering why our once-courageous representatives have abandoned us." ...

Let's Go Washington, a group that regularly puts together initiatives for the Legislature, is collecting signatures for two new ones ahead of the 2026 session.

For some three decades, Rep. Bob Lynn served as a judge, ascending to the pinnacle of his profession. Upon retiring from his post as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 2019, Lynn ...