Municipal courts
Decision day looms in NY party primaries
Jun. 21, 2021 10:26 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York's party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators...
Lawsuit: Detainees put in Mace-filled cells, denied water
By Jim Salter May. 24, 2021 06:19 PM EDT
A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses St. Louis correctional officers of putting jail detainees in a room and spraying so much Mace that they struggled to...
Bordeaux seeks commercial protection after owners withdraw
Apr. 22, 2021 03:00 PM EDT
BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Bordeaux placed itself under the protection of the city's commercial court on Thursday after the club's American-based owner King...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Philadelphia Inquirer. April 5, 2021.
Editorial: Philly may have just revolutionized evictions
In the aftermath of 2008...

The Latest: Texas state judge upholds Austin's mask mandate
By The Associated Press Mar. 26, 2021 05:40 AM EDT

St. Louis jail tensions 'boiled over' amid COVID-19 worries
By Jim Salter Feb. 17, 2021 12:37 PM EST

Inmates at St. Louis jail set fires, break out windows
By Heather Hollingsworth Feb. 06, 2021 10:34 AM EST

Towns finds increased support from T-wolves on and off court
By Dave Campbell Dec. 15, 2020 06:23 PM EST
Judge: City erroneously excluded immigrants from housing aid
Dec. 10, 2020 12:06 AM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled the city of Phoenix erroneously excluded immigrants from receiving coronavirus aid to cover utility bills, mortgage and rental...
Schools seek municipal broadband; court weighs pandemic case
Sep. 11, 2020 09:40 AM EDT
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The state’s highest court heard arguments Friday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of emergency powers used by Gov....
Philadelphia court suspends evictions for two weeks
Sep. 10, 2020 12:27 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Court officials in Philadelphia have put a hold on residential evictions in the city for two weeks.
In an order issued...
Masking order blocked by state judge in Louisiana city
Jul. 10, 2020 02:48 PM EDT
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A state judge on Friday blocked a northwest Louisiana city from enforcing a masking requirement recently issued by the mayor in hopes of...
Man briefly jailed after refusing to wear face mask in court
Jun. 26, 2020 04:26 PM EDT
SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who was scheduled to appear in court for a harassment charge and a traffic violation was briefly jailed for contempt...

Won't 'let this slide': Hundreds gather for Juneteenth event
By Mike Householder Jun. 19, 2020 01:38 PM EDT
Judge rules Mississippi city can't put ban on open carry law
Jun. 18, 2020 05:17 AM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Mississippi's capital city cannot restrict the state's open carry law as it did following the shooting deaths of...

Cloak of secrecy for Man City's court challenge to UEFA ban
By Graham Dunbar Jun. 06, 2020 08:39 AM EDT
Editorial Roundup: Tennessee
By The Associated Press May. 06, 2020 02:23 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers:
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May 3
The Johnson City Press on testing nursing...