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 ...

CLEVELAND — Karl Racine, Cleveland's lead police reform monitor whose law firm oversaw the city's consent decree compliance process for the last two years, stepped down from the position Wednesday ...

The Independent Monitor for the Aurora Consent Decree says in a new update that it is encouraged by the city’s progress as it continues to make reforms to its police department. At the same time, new ...

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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 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed the consent decree that would have added oversight to Louisville Metro Government and LMPD. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has said the city will take ...

The Department of Justice move comes days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, prompting public outcry from local leaders. The Trump administration has moved to dismiss a ...

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 ...

FORT SMITH -- City residents handily approved three ballot issues Tuesday reauthorizing existing sales and use tax revenue and allowing the city to seek nearly $400 million in bonds to finance sewer ...