Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas detention center beyond court-mandated limits and without enough food or ...

What Happened This Week at the Capitol This week at the Missouri State Capitol, the House of Representatives continued advancing legislation focused on government accountability, public safety, ...

In statewide judicial races, there are two competitive primaries for Democrats running for the Texas Supreme Court and two for Republicans on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. All races have been ...

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — There’s movement in the push to reopen Mecklenburg County’s juvenile jail. Sheriff Garry McFadden closed Jail North in 2022 citing staffing concerns. It would take around ...

Editor’s note: To help readers learn more about primary candidates, The Texas Tribune is sharing background information on top candidates. In particularly crowded races, we focused on candidates with ...

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Texas voters will decide several high profile statewide judicial contests in 2026, including seats on the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the newly created 15th Court of Appeals ...

Los Angeles County plans to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a teenager alleging county probation officers pinned him down, painfully contorted his body and nearly suffocated him at a county ...

If a Democratic voter were to scan Judge Leah Shapiro’s resume and extracurricular efforts to improve the juvenile court system, they might wonder why she has a primary challenger. Shapiro, 46, is ...

On paper, Cook County circuit judges have great jobs. They make $258,000 a year, hold extraordinary power, and almost never get fired or even disciplined. But fewer and fewer attorneys are seeking the ...

A Dallas County juvenile detention officer is still recovering 10 months after he says he was attacked by a detainee while on duty. Hector Garcia, who had been on the job less than one year, said he ...