Proposition 50, the redistricting initiative proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as a response to gerrymandering efforts in Texas, ...

Gavin Newsom’s recent signings and vetoes on a slate of reparations-related bills set off a sharp rift in Sacramento, with community advocates publicly criticizing the California Legislative Black ...

Justice Anthony Kennedy talks about his Sacramento childhood and his role as a “swing vote” in landmark cases in interview and new memoir.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and advocates are seeing a concerning rise in domestic violence cases, even as violent crime numbers continue to drop. The family of Angelica Bravo, a ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed headed for another ruling that undercuts the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. Once considered the jewel in the crown of the civil rights movement, the Voting ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...

Former Dallas police officer Christopher Hess (seated) takes a moment for himself as his attorneys congratulate one another after Hess was found not guilty of aggravated assault. Tom Fox / Staff ...

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WASHINGTON — Oral arguments wrapped earlier today in U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, which concerns equal representation for Black voters in Louisiana and the role of race in redistricting ...

Defendants, witnesses, and other parties to cases in Chicago-area county courthouses can’t be subject to civil arrests without a judicial warrant, the Chief Judge of Cook County Circuit Court said in ...

Less than a week after a judge dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Adam Montgomery, the civil case brought by Harmony Montgomery’s mother is headed back to court. Hillsborough County Superior ...

A judge has found a 56-year-old Goffstown man violated the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act by removing and disposing of a “Goffstown Pride” sign supporting the LGBTQ+ community that he pulled from a ...