The Latest Breaking News from State Law

Three other cities have passed similar measures but the Texas AG and others question whether they can be enforced because of conflicts with state law.

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

A jury has found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store

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