The proposal uses a playbook, growing nationwide, that could test how far states can go to rein in big money in politics.

New federal rules exempt national banks and federal savings associations from state interest-on-escrow laws

Oregon attorneys argue that an order that could result in more transgender women being housed in the state’s only women’s prison is “vague and overbroad”

Shasta County's sheriff has dropped a controversial site for a corrections campus that could house alternative custody and reentry programs.

States do not have time before November’s midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating overhauls of their mail-in-voting systems, officials from California, Oregon and nearly two dozen other states told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Advocates are pushing for a survivor justice law like those in other states, but a two-thirds legislative majority presents a major hurdle

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Trump administration’s policy of refusing bond hearings to most unauthorized immigrants who are detained in the interior of the United States.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can continue implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting vote-by-mail, reaching the opposite conclusion that another appeals panel decided over the weekend.

County officials have accused the Curry County Sheriff’s Office of inappropriate use of undisclosed funds.

The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a district court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s broad March 31 executive order restricting vote-by-mail. Oregon, California and 21 other states have sued to prevent the order from taking effect.

The Trump administration wants to link emergency preparedness grants for states to its preferences on immigration enforcement and the administration of elections.

Former Fortuna City Council member Christina Mobley was sentenced to 20 months in prison after admitting she stole $586,000 from her longtime employer.