Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

Gov. Spencer Cox said lawmakers should coordinate criminal penalty bills more. He praised vote-by-mail reform and regulations ...

The measure, which passed with bipartisan support and minor changes, now heads back to the House. It is just the second ...

A proposed law in the upcoming Louisiana legislative session would up the penalties for selling consumable hemp products to ...

House lawmakers are urging passage of a bill to cut back on the tens of thousands of federal criminal statutes and regulations.

Among legislation pending at the Arkansas Capitol is a bill that would force local law enforcement to work with ICE.

Currently, resisting arrest is a Class B misdemeanor under Alabama law, punishable by up to six months of jail time and a ...

Both houses of the West Virginia legislature have passed bills that aim to introduce harsher criminal penalties for selling ...

Lawmakers have proposed at least 121 bills that seek to increase criminal penalties by either creating mandatory minimum sentences or by elevating punishment, according to the Texas District and ...

A proposed law in the upcoming Louisiana legislative session would up the penalties for selling consumable hemp products to ...