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In key hearing, state Sen. Drew Springer misstates major provision of the bill he authored, which is three pages long and has bipartisan support.

Housing, criminal justice and transgender health care are all on the docket for New York lawmakers and advocates.

D.Cs crime bill would reduce mandatory sentences for violent crimes at a time when the GOP is blasting Joe Biden and Democrats as soft on crime.

Lawmakers won't conference the Second Look Act until after the budget is finalized.

That is not the way anyone wants to start their morning, and thank God she’s okay. Absolutely horrible. @RepAngieCraig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building in DC this morning...

Thursday morning attack

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing legislation that would undo some controversial aspects of the criminal code overhaul recently passed by the D.C. Council....

Advocates pushing for sentencing reform gathered outside the capital Wednesday to call on lawmakers to pass three bills introduced in last years legislative session--the Eliminate Mandatory Minimums

Advocates, lawmakers and impacted families plan on holding seven rallies across the state on Wednesday in support of a package of bills that would eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing, allow incarcerated people to petition for resentencing and encouraging rehabilitation through the expansion of “good time” and “merit time” laws.

Advocates will march for the reforms on Tuesday.