The Latest Breaking News from State Law

Norberto Navarro-Torres saw a 2017 car crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three children. He was willing to testify but was held in jail anyway while Will sheriff’s officers planned to turn him over to ICE after he took the stand.

Much as we might complain about politicians lying, it’s not the job of the government to fix the problem. That’s the implication of last week’s decision by a federal appellate court in a case involving a state law purporting to punish false attacks on candidates for public office. If the…

In the ‘90s, it was a first-in the nation ban on smoking in most indoor locations. Last year, 63% of Californians voted to uphold a state law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Decades after California voters approved a ban on affirmative action, Gov. Gavin Newsom is citing the state law as a hindrance to giving schools extra funding to support Black students.

Banning TikTok from government devices enjoys bipartsan support across the U.S. But a few Democratic legislators in Kansas object to expanding a ban imposed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly because they don’t want a state law to target a company by name

State law bars some modified vehicles and lets cities enact cruising bans. Lowrider advocates and Californian legislators say it criminalizes cultural traditions.

Many relatives of Uvalde victims back bills that state Rep. Tracy King and Sen. Roland Gutierrez are pushing in the Legislature. But limits on gun access don’t fare well at the Capitol.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman announced Thursday her office has closed its investigation into North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, over an allegedly false campaign ad for which her office was preparing to indict the high-profile Democratic official last year.

The organization that created a high school African American studies program rejected by Florida says it’s still waiting for specifics from the state about how the course violates state law

Defense attorneys for actor Alec Baldwin are seeking to disqualify the special prosecutor in the case against him stemming from the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. In a motion filed Tuesday in Santa Fe-based district court, Baldwin’s legal team said Andrea Reeb’s position as…

A handful of U.S. states are considering legislation this year to include provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act in state law