A legislative committee has rejected a bipartisan bill to end a loophole in California’s mental health diversion program that ...

Paul Miller's Law prohibits using cell phones and electronic devices while driving, with warnings issued in the first year ...

Last year, a Louisville woman filed a lawsuit against the state in an effort to overturn the Kentucky's near-total abortion ...

Texas has become the latest state to pass a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

The announcement comes one day after Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said she and the board weren’t aligned on financial ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has voluntarily dropped a challenge to the state’s abortion restrictions.

Four civil liberties groups, some of which already are suing Louisiana over its law requiring the Ten Commandments to be ...

On Thursday, the University of Indiana was dealt a legal blow as a court granted an injunction against the school's Expressive Activity Policy, which outlines rules for events or activities the school ...

A new class-action lawsuit alleges that the Honolulu Police Department has had a “longstanding pattern” of arresting people ...

Senate Bill 17 is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. If he signs it into law, legal challenges could soon follow.

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Legislation that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with the help of a doctor was passed by the Illinois ...