New York City and other local governments are suing the Trump administration to block its new rule linking benefits to green cards

State constitutions and laws give cities substantial authority to run their own affairs and resist federal overreach.

State constitutions and laws give cities substantial authority to run their own affairs and resist federal overreach.

"They are trying to defund public safety and counterterrorism" to get voting restrictions.

Four local governments sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over new requirements that would withhold $200 million in funding unless they verify voter citizenship and switch to paper ballots.

GILROY – The County of Monterey is leading a regional effort to oppose a proposed U.S. Immigration a...

The ruling could reshape Temporary Protected Status and affect hundreds of thousands of people.

The Trump administration’s interpretation of a recent court ruling was soundly rejected.

Courtney Spellacy joined Public Rights Project as chief development officer in May. Courtney brings years...

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In total, the DOJ has brought 31 voter roll lawsuits against states and Washington, D.C.

Thursday’s dismissals bring the DOJ’s record to 0-8 out of 31 lawsuits brought against states and Washington, D.C.

The decision indefinitely blocks an appeals court ruling that would have restricted availability of the drug, especially in states with strict anti-abortion laws.

The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s new decision gutting a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act clears the way for state officials to drastically reshape not only Congress but also state legislatures, county commissions, city councils and even local school boards. The ruling, released last week in a case called Louisiana v. Callais, dismantled some […]

The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.

“But what can we do?” It was January, at the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual...

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration’s plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians from deportation, people from more than dozen other countries will pay close attention, perhaps none more than an estimated 200,000 from El Salvador.