Federal oversight of the New Orleans Police Department, which began nearly 13 years ago under a wide-ranging federal consent decree, has been terminated, following an informal “final proceeding” in ...

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 ...

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 ...

LEONARDTOWN, Md. — St. Marys County commissioners approved two loan applications from the Metropolitan Commission on Jan. 13, ...

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 ...

FORT SMITH -- A review Tuesday of the City of Fort Smith's consent decree work assessing and fixing hundreds of miles of its sewer system infrastructure is just the first of many to come, city leaders ...

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 ...

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 U.S. Supreme Court has denied a legal challenge to fisheries management in the Great Lakes region filed by the Sault Ste.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The monitor overseeing court-ordered Cleveland police reform resigned on Wednesday after months of clashes with city officials. Karl Racine, who took over as the lead monitor of the ...