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PHILADELPHIA – The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the lone defendant remaining in litigation brought by the family of a man who died from COVID-19 shortly before he was to be released from prison after more than four decades, litigation which charged that state officials did not approve the decedent’s pardon in a timely manner, allegedly leaving him at greater risk for contracting the virus and causing his death.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) got the better of CBS moderator Margaret Brennan in an interview that aired Sunday.

Post-9/11 security justifications are being used to pass new Chinese Exclusion Acts.

South Carolina voters have filed a lawsuit hoping to expand absentee voting for all, regardless of age.

The City of Pittsburgh wants to make sure local businesses are giving employees paid sick days.

A judge issued a temporary injunction last week blocking the implementation of two Montana laws which were set to go into effect on Jan.1

The lawsuit was filed by Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification.

A Gallatin County District Court judge has temporarily stopped several bills passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte that aimed to address the affordable housing crisis in the Treasure State by allowing additional buildings in neighborhoods zoned for single-family.

Post-9/11 security justifications are being used to pass new Chinese Exclusion Acts.

PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has clarified the admissibility of child statements made to parents suing the Mount Lebanon School District, in a lawsuit which alleged their civil rights were violated when the district provided classroom instruction to their first-grade children on the topics of gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning.