St. Marys County advances Piney Point water and wastewater projects with approved loans, tied to a 2024 MDE consent decree ...

U.S. District Court Judge Lee Rosenthal is giving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton the opportunity to argue that new state laws could invalidate a first-of-its-kind bail reform in Harris County. In a ...

FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. BUT ALSO BREAKING HERE AT HOME. THE NOPD CONSENT DECREE IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END AFTER MORE THAN 12 YEARS. THE FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSEEING THOSE REFORMS NOW AN AGREEMENT ...

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH, AND I’M RICK VAN HOOSE. IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENDED ITS CONSENT DECREE WITH LOUISVILLE. BUT TODAY, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS GATHERED DOWNTOWN ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of the killings of George Floyd ...

LSU NEWS AT FOUR STARTS RIGHT NOW. A HISTORIC SHIFT IN NEW ORLEANS POLICING MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS. JUDGE SUSIE MORGAN SIGNED AN ORDER TODAY ENDING FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE NOPD. WDSU REPORTER ...

A federal judge ended the Justice Department's agreement with Kentucky officials on police reform. But some changes will ...

Oklahoma lawmakers approved legislation and a consent decree aimed at reducing mental health treatment wait times for inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial, with new oversight measures to ensure ...

Louisville’s “Community Commitment” police reform plan omits some provisions from the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. Some changes are to provisions meant to address ...

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The police reform consent decree, still pending in court in Louisville, stems from an investigation started after the police killing of Breonna Taylor ...

A federal judge has finally dismissed the police reform consent decree between the federal government and Louisville officials, more than half a year after the U.S. Department of Justice, in a ...