Courts & Law

Only two other U.S. states elect judges the way Harrisburg Republicans are suggesting. The referendum could end up on the ballot in the May primary.

Incarcerated individuals and their loved ones continue to report woefully inadequate conditions in New Jersey jails.

On this, even President Donald Trump's most fevered critics agree: He has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his term in office for decades to come.

A day after the Christmas bombing in Nashville, police are asking for help with the investigation. Large swaths of the state's communications networks are out of service.

While Pennsylvania facilities saw clusters of positive cases in the spring, the fall surge dramatically affected correctional facilities across the state.

The decision Wednesday came as Wolf asks state lawmakers to approve $145 million for hard-hit businesses, restaurants and bars in particular.

The actions bring to 49 the number of people who Trump in the last two days has granted clemency either through pardons or sentence commutations.

The report also found the department’s lack of planning left officers vulnerable.

More than 30 undocumented immigrants have come forward with allegations of medical abuse, according to court papers filed late Monday.

President Trump pardoned 15 people, including GOP allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a massacre.

The 4-3 decision said the state constitution's privacy protections are greater than the U.S. Constitution's and that those protections extend to vehicles.

White supremacists plotted to attack power stations in the southeastern U.S.

Lawyers and judges around the state already lining up supporters and trying to figure out if they can raise enough money to win.

The lapses put 128 of the facility’s 154 residents in “immediate jeopardy,” according to the Health Department.

The prison system has never tested all of its staff for COVID-19. Officials pledge to release the results in January.