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ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The Illinois State Police released on Tuesday the results of the first six months of Project Safe Neighborhood, a collaborative law enforcement campaign that started in October and is ongoing. The campaign is law enforcement’s latest attempt to bring central Illinois one step closer to achieving Victory Over Violence. The campaign uses specialized details to prevent criminal...

Voters in Arizona will not vote on a veto referendum to repeal a new income tax law this November. Last week, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled against a veto referendum that challenged two sections of an omnibus appropriations bill signed by Gov. Doug Ducey (R) in June 2021. The sections (13 and 15 of Senate Bill 1828) would reduce Arizona’s state income tax from four brackets to two brackets,...

CENTRALIA, Wash. — Centralia Police Chief Stacy Denham said his officers were frustrated Sunday when they had to let a suspected catalytic converter thief drive away. State law prohibits law enforcement from getting involved in high-speed pursuits with anyone not suspected of driving under the influence or violent or sexual crimes. In Sunday’s incident, Denham said someone called police sayin...

A law the Louisiana Legislature created last year was supposed to make it easier for abuse victims to sue institutions like the Catholic Church. Lawmakers have proposed an update to the law that actually might have prevented some suits from being filed. (Canva image) The Louisiana Legislature is looking to fix a law created last year that was supposed to make it easier for abuse victims to su...

FILE - A new billboard welcoming visitors to "Florida: The Sunshine 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' State. is displayed April 21, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. The big story: Florida just can’t stop debating the new state law governing instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation. The latest comes from Duval County, where a School Board member has called for a resolution supporting the law and ...

Data: Brennan Center for Justice; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Martial law has been declared over 60 times in the nation's history but not by a president since the Civil War, according to extensive research from the Brennan Center. Why it matters: It's a widely misunderstood law that's gotten more attention in the Trump era — most recently after leaked texts from the Jan. 6 committee's investigat...

Farmington High School senior Daniela James, left, speaks with Waterbury Superintendent Verna Ruffin inside the state Capitol in Hartford on Wednesday. James attended Waterbury Arts Magnet School as a freshman and sophomore before her family moved to Farmington. Lance Reynolds Republican-American WATERBURY – As a sophomore at Waterbury Arts Magnet School, Daniela James had to wait weeks befor...

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A ballot is deposited in a drop box at the county clerk’s office in Erie, Pa., in 2020. (FILE PHOTO) Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount / Washington Post If you live in Lehigh County and plan to vote by mail-in ballot in the May 17 primary election, District Attorney Jim Martin wants you to know the Election Code forbids most voters from depositing ballots other than their own in secure drop boxes and m...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. Kathy Hochul says she wants Albany to change the law so she can replace former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin as her running mate on the ballot for governor. Hochul said Tuesday she has spoken with legislative leaders about the issue. "I would like the Legislature to do that and pass legislation that corrects what is really a strange part of our law that does not allow the remov...