Tag: Legislation
Indiana Senate moves bills aimed at law enforcement control
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana senators advanced measures Tuesday that would allow police to determine what use of force is reasonable in some cases and would...
South Carolina push to resume executions with electric chair
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is dusting off its electric chair and trying to restart executions in the state after going nearly 10 years...
Kentucky Senate GOP leader files no-knock warrant bill
LOUISVILLE, Ky — One of Kentucky's top GOP lawmakers has filed legislation to ban some no-knock warrants nearly a year after the death of...
Indiana Senate backs yearly hurdle on teacher union dues
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana teachers would have to renew requests every year for automatic paycheck deduction of union dues under a bill that’s been approved...
Maryland police reform would repeal officer job protections
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Every Wednesday, for 395 weeks, Tawanda Jones has held a vigil to protest the death of her brother, Tyrone West, who...
Minnesota House rejects security fund for officers’ trials
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota House rejected a bill to create a fund to bolster security during the upcoming murder trial of a...
Wait for young drivers reduced in NC Senate measure
RALEIGH, N.C. — New school-age drivers in North Carolina could receive a provisional license in half the time current law requires in legislation recommended...
Portugal’s euthanasia law goes for constitutional review
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s president on Thursday asked the country’s Constitutional Court to evaluate a recent law passed by parliament that allows euthanasia and...
Black Indiana lawmakers face Republican boos during debate
INDIANAPOLIS — Tempers flared among Indiana legislators during a debate Thursday when Black lawmakers were shouted down and booed by some Republicans and two...
Indiana lawmakers send COVID-19 lawsuit shield to governor
INDIANAPOLIS — A bill giving Indiana businesses and others broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 was given final approval...