Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a ...

Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank (lower right) speaks before the state Senate Committee on Law & Justice in Olympia on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2025, in opposition to a bill that would create stricter ...

Alice Marie Johnson wrote that Ivey's decision “showed what courageous and common sense leadership looks like.” ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday granted clemency to a man on death row who was scheduled to be executed Thursday even though he did ...

Rep. James E. Clyburn is the go-to for both reassurance and resolve. That makes sense, since the South Carolina Democrat is a student of history — and has lived it. He chronicles some of the country’s ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson has again appointed a familiar and experienced litigator with no previous judicial experience to the state Supreme Court.

Gov. Jeff Landry also advocated for an eventual elimination of the state income tax in an opening address to the Louisiana Legislature on Monday.

During a public forum, Jackson and conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh offered differing views of President Trump’s wins before the high court.

Georgia-based Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) was brought in to replace hundreds of middlemen in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) as a cost saving measure in 2024.

The governor said he believes the new justice is the first person of Middle Eastern descent to serve on the court.

Meyer, who represents Orange, Person and Caswell counties, would have faced Republican Laura Pichardo in the Nov. 3 general ...