NC prisons short by thousands of correctional officers Nearly 40% of correctional officer positions were vacant as of February, with more than 3,000 job openings. Thousands of beds at prisons across the state are closed because there aren’t enough ... 04/17/2024 - 9:01 am | View Link
Advocates speak against NC bill requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE Last year, the House passed a bill that would require sheriffs to honor detainer requests by ICE to hold people suspected of being in the country illegally for up to 48 hours. 04/15/2024 - 5:41 pm | View Link
White House officials praised Camden’s jail. Women incarcerated there tell a different story The White House has praised Camden's jail for its drug-treatment program — but people imprisoned there say conditions are inhumane. 04/8/2024 - 3:13 pm | View Link
Law enforcement agencies must watch out for police officers with past disciplinary issues Treasure Coast law enforcement offices occasionally have lawmen who resign under threat of disciplinary action. Hiring agencies need to be aware. 04/4/2024 - 10:14 pm | View Link
Texas officials ask appeals court to allow state immigration crackdown U.S. soldiers and law enforcement officers watch over a group of migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande into the United States on Monday in Eagle Pass, Tex. (John Moore/Getty Images) Texas ... 03/20/2024 - 12:00 pm | View Link
Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore explains what he thinks could happen if prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial bring up Trump's other legal problems. He also shares whether he thinks the former president should testify.
President Joe Biden called China “xenophobic” while highlighting the Asian nation’s economic woes, as he sought to make the case for U. S. economic strength during a campaign stop in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
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“They’ve got a population that is more people in retirement than working. They’re not importing anything.
Colorado lawmakers are abandoning plans to overhaul the Regional Transportation District’s governing board and change how its members are selected after transit officials blasted the plan.
Reps. William Lindstedt and Meg Froelich said Wednesday that they are still set to pursue other RTD reforms through House Bill 1447. But they said they plan to drop the bill’s most contentious provision: a plan to eventually cut the board’s size down from 15 elected, voting members to seven voting members — with five elected and two appointed by the governor.
Froelich and Lindstedt told fellow legislators they wanted to further discuss board reform over the coming months.
“We ultimately feel that those sections of the bill should come out, and we will want a longer process,” said Froelich, an Englewood Democrat.