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Nassau County, on Long Island, becomes the second county in New York State to join a federal program that uses local law ...

As the pressure ramps up on law enforcement to cooperate with a national illegal immigration crackdown, local agencies are staying focused on state and local laws. According to the Police Department ...

Police officers in California improperly accessed a state database of private information more than 7,000 times in 2023, ...

Kansas City now protects criminal history status in hiring, but private employers face unclear compliance rules. Learn how ...

A repeat criminal who had several warrants out for his arrest is back out on the streets just one day after being handcuffed ...

"Our community members who abide by the law should not be subjected to immigration enforcement actions that should be ...

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto , John Hoeven , Ruben Gallego , and Mike Rounds on Tuesday, February 4, reintroduced their bipartisan Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety for Native ...

An Oregon judge has ordered the city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court homelessness ruling to pause enforcement of ...

Democrats shot down Republican-led efforts that would have broadened criminal background checks for shelter residents and ...

There are also measures to remove the availability of two 90-day extensions for families to stay in shelter for certain situations. EOHLC would be allowed, under the House bill, to deem families that ...

A bill that seeks to establish parameters for volunteers acting on behalf of a local sheriff’s office had a public hearing at the Washington State Legislature on Monday.