September 26, 2017 Virginia Gov. McAuliffe visits Charlottesville churches, day after deadly clashes Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Sunday visited two Charlottesville churches to speak to congregants following violent clashes this weekend in the city that are connected to three deaths.
September 19, 2017 Texas voter ID law OK for now; appeals court blocks injunction Texas Republicans won a minor victory Tuesday in their battle to implement a voter identification law.
June 22, 2017 Texas governor signs bill targeting sanctuary cities Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Sunday prohibiting the state's cities and counties from enacting so-called "sanctuary" laws that prevent local law enforcement officers from inquiring about the immigration status of anyone they detain.
April 10, 2017 Federal judge again rules Texas voter ID law is discriminatory Dealing Texas another rebuke over voting rights, a judge Monday again ruled that Republican lawmakers purposefully designed a strict voter ID law to disadvantage minorities and effectively dampen their growing electoral power.
February 5, 2017 Justice Department appeals judge's order temporarily blocking Trump's travel ban The Justice Department filed an appeal of a judge’s order temporarily stopping President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Saturday night, saying it’s the “sovereign prerogative" of a president to admit or exclude aliens.
January 12, 2017 Do or Die: Nevada lawmaker describes convincing last Oregon holdout to surrender When 27-year-old David Fry held a gun to his head and threatened to pull the trigger with 31,000 people listening in on a livestream, Michele Fiore knew she had only a few precious moments to save the situation.
January 12, 2017 Florida prison system under fire amid allegations of abuse, fatal shower scalding Florida's state-run prison system is being hammered with allegations that guards abused and even killed inmates -- including one incident where, according to a witness, the skin was scalded off a prisoner's body in a shower -- leaving officials scrambling for answers and human rights groups urging the feds to intervene.
January 12, 2017 Volunteer watchdog group dispatches to western states to monitor 'Jade Helm' A controversial U.S. military training exercise known as “Operation Jade Helm’ rolls out this week across several southwestern states -- but a group of wary citizen watchdogs will be keeping an eye on them.
January 12, 2017 NAACP battles Latino groups over push to open public schools for non-English speakers A push to open two public schools in suburban Washington for immigrants and students struggling with English is pitting black and Hispanic communities – who traditionally have worked in tandem in the area -- against one another.
January 12, 2017 Lawmakers push to end 'scream rooms' for punishing students Lawmakers in Washington are calling for legislation that would end the use of padded 'scream rooms' for students – a practice that has been called barbaric and abusive yet is still being used in several states in both public and private schools.
