Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by ...

As federal ICE agents continue to make arrests outside local courthouses, Rhode Island’s highest-ranking judge issued a rare press release on Thursday announcing that the state court system needs to ...

A federal judge has upheld a New York state law that largely bans immigration arrests at state and local courthouses, dismissing a Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging the rule. The law, called ...

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...

A path to dismissing President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction was reopened Thursday after an appeals panel revived his bid to move the case to federal court. Trump wants to move the case out ...

Pennsylvania residents had the opportunity to vote in local and statewide judicial elections, from municipal judges all the way up to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. While such off-year elections have ...

Three Democrats and one Republican were elected to fill four open seats in the state’s top trial court for Central and Northern New York. The four seats were previously held by three Republicans and ...

Justices on the New Hampshire Supreme Court are defending an irregular personnel maneuver that allowed a top state court employee to collect nearly $50,000 in employment benefits following a layoff ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Eight people are running for four open judge seats for the top trial court in Central and Northern New York. Four Republican Party and four Democratic Party candidates are vying to ...

The system that investigates deaths in custody is fragmented, under resourced, and in need of comprehensive reform. A new National Academies report outlines the challenges facing the U.S. medicolegal ...

The Texas Supreme Court is a step closer to rolling out new rules that would change how civil district courts in Bexar and Travis counties have long operated. While not explicitly calling for ...

ALBANY – The state Court of Appeals has upheld a state law that moved many local elections into even years — but avenues to challenge the law aren’t totally exhausted yet. In 2023, the state ...