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The Farmington City Council was being proactive when adopting ordinances addressing homelessness, but now the constitutionality of those codes are being determined by the U.S. Supreme Court. In a hist...

IT’S NOT OFTEN the mayor of the state’s largest city issues a statement urging the U.S. Supreme Court to vote one way or another.

The most significant homeless case in decades, according to some pundits, was heard by the Supreme Court on Monday

NY Post readers discuss Andrew Cuomo's legacy, the Supreme Court and more.

This is how the federal courts got into the business of superintending the smallest details of state and local policy on homelessness and countless other issues.

It is embarrassing to have to type this sentence, but type it we will: If and when there are no shelter beds available, it is unacceptable for a city or town to make it a crime for individuals to fall asleep outdoors. Though Grants Pass, Oregon, insists it is only prohibiting behavior, not the people themselves, that’s a distinction without a difference when it refers to a basic, involuntary human need like sleep. The U.S. Supreme Court should invalidate its attempts to punish those who fa...

Nearly 50 years after robbing and fatally stabbing three men while high on drugs as a teen in New Orleans, Warren Harris Jr. sat at a table at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and apologized for the suffering he caused.

The fate of Kentucky’s recently passed “Safer Kentucky Act” may be in the hands of the nation’s highest court.

The state funding will be directed toward housing and support services at sites in Bolinas, San Rafael and Novato.

Nearly 50 years after robbing and fatally stabbing three men while high on drugs as a teen in New Orleans, Warren Harris Jr. sat at a table at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and apologized for the suffering he caused.