Massachusetts outlawed flavored tobacco. Now, just as criminal justice groups warned, a vape shop owner is serving time.

The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday passed five bills by Sen. Kim Hammer (R-Benton) to make it more difficult for Arkansans to ...

You know Colorado’s Legislature is on the wrong track in the crime fight when even Congress sets a better example. Last week, ...

The plea deals follow a 2023 investigation by The Star that revealed a series of connections between a Jackson County town ...

The bill passed after Gov. Ron DeSantis and fellow Republicans ended a public dispute. It includes a mandatory death penalty ...

“If I think about my email and the number of things like, ‘I’m going to cut off your head or burn down your house’ – those are not infrequent,’” said state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis. Under ...

A Senate Bill, SB156, an act to increase the minimum age for marriage, has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 4-2 ...

The Virginia Department of Forestry is advising residents of the 4 p.m. Burning Law going into effect on Saturday. The statewide burn ban goes into effect every year from February 15 through April 30.

They face misdemeanor charges if they don’t report ... saying requiring a priest to disclose something revealed in confession, for example, would violate Catholic church policies.

Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in ...

Chris Thexton's wife was killed after being rear-ended and run over by a 94-year-old driver, according to police. He hopes to ...

The donut-themed mural, painted by local high school art students, sits atop a bakery. The town’s zoning board decided it’s ...