The Latest Breaking News from State Law

Arkansas Supreme Court orders signature count for abortion-rights ballot initiative, raising uncertainty. Dispute over compliance with state law.

While the decision is great news for Tennesseans, it's only the first step in reclaiming Americans' property rights against the open fields doctrine.

A private school teacher who says she was fired after driving an 18-year-old student to get an abortion is suing New Hampshire’s Department of Education and officials she says falsely suggested she circumvented state law

The Supreme Court handed abortion rights advocates a narrow win, for now, in case about emergency abortions

A judge has ruled that New York’s state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law

Texas argues that Annunciation House is breaking state law by harboring undocumented immigrants, something the shelter's lawyers called "utter nonsense."

A group of midwives who focus on traditional Native Hawaiian birth practices are trying to block a Hawaii law that requires midwives to obtain licenses

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said Washington will spell out in state law that hospitals must provide abortions if needed to stabilize patients, a step that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on whether conservative states can bar abortions during some medical emergencies

State law prohibits anyone who has been convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude" from holding the licenses