Senators reached a deal on a bipartisan package to address the opioid crisis, paving the way for a vote next week, reports Politico. The agreement comes after weeks of negotiations between lawmakers over provisions like requiring Medicaid to cover treatment at more inpatient facilities and...
Nearly two years after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered an investigation into racial bias in New York prisons, no findings or recommendations have been released by the state inspector general, reports the New York Times. A spokesman for the inspector general would not give...
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, the author of a new memoir, says that among his regrets is getting caught up in the “hysteria” of locking people up. He wishes he hadn’t built so many prisons, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “We lock up too many...
Immigration authorities want North Carolina election officials to turn over nearly a decade’s worth of voting records by the end of the month, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina subpoenaed records from the state board...
The Justice Department warned that leading technology companies may be “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas” and hurting competition, an ominous development for an industry already under fire from Capitol Hill, President Trump and a range of conservative critics, the Washington Post reports. The...
Chicago police officers would be required to document every instance in which they point a gun at someone under an agreement reached Wednesday between Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Tribune reports. The new requirement marks a win for Madigan,...