The charges marked a rare instance of President Trump’s Justice Department accusing a federal agent of breaking the law while on the job.

Kansas voters were set to evaluate a proposed constitutional amendment that would spike a 68-year-old system for selecting justices for the highest court

A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state’s primary election are not allowed to void those and request a new one.

Videos circulating on social media show three officers restraining the man as a fourth appears to produce a taser. The man begins to fall. Then three gunshots ring out.

The Maine Attorney General's Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man by federal immigration agents Monday morning in Biddeford.

The evidence includes the SUV Renee Good was driving and is considered comprehensive.

Shooting occurs days after man killed by immigration agent during traffic stop in Texas

The agency said a Mexican immigrant driving a van tried to ram agents before they shot him dead. A lawyer for three passengers said that was untrue.

Federal Judge Patrick Schiltz called the subpoenas an “abuse of the grand-jury process” that were politically motivated, unconstitutional and without merit.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a second challenge to the state's congressional maps.

Christian Castro, the ICE agent charged with shooting Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and lying about the circumstances, was arrested in Texas Friday after Minnesota...

In two states with judicial elections − Georgia and Minnesota − nearly every justice steps down midterm, allowing the governor to appoint a successor instead of the state holding an open election.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant for Christian Castro in the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis.

Officials of Social Circle, population 5,000, file lawsuit over plan to turn warehouse into 10,000-capacity facility

A judge ruled that 23 late-arriving Madison absentee ballots must be counted after voters argued they were being disenfranchised due to election officials’ errors.

For decades, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) limited enforcement operations at so-called “sensitive locations” like courthouses, schools, or…

A voting rights focused law firm sued WEC Wednesday over its decision to not count 23 Madison absentee ballots.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission is ordering officials in two counties to reverse decisions on whether to count ballots during the spring election.

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A three-judge panel in Wisconsin dismissed a lawsuit aimed at redrawing Wisconsin's congressional districts before the November election, saying they don't have authority to strike down the current ma...

A Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday that the officer has been charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into the treatment of a protester in October.

State and local governments are increasingly using property law to push back on ICE operations. This report unpacks the viability of these efforts, from…

The state’s highest court on Monday ordered the impeachment proceedings be stopped, because they violate Kentucky’s separation of powers.

It’s the latest and most drastic legal maneuver by state officials to try to gain access to federal evidence from shootings during Operation Metro Surge.

Gov. Cox quickly signed a bill adding two justices to the Utah Supreme Court. The GOP-led Legislature has derided the current justices as "activists."