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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs criminal justice reform bills While the Legislature took up some reform measures this session, lawmakers declined to pass more substantive sentencing reforms. Author: Eddie Burkhalter (alreporter.com) Updated: 5:42 PM CDT May 24, 2021 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday signed several criminal justice reform bills into law, some products of Ivey’s criminal justice study group, which was formed to draft legislation aimed at resolving Alabama’s longstanding and deadly prison crisis. While the study group’s recommendation...

Capitol riot inquiry: January 6 Commission is bipartisan breakthrough but don't relax yet Manchin and Sinema are key to preserving democracy. To pass laws ensuring the Capitol riot commission can function, we must weaken the filibuster. Dennis Aftergut Opinion columnist "How shall freedom be defended? [B]y truth when it is attacked by lies.” — Archibald MacLeish, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and poet Just days ago, House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson and Rep. John Katko, the committee's senior Republican, announced their agreement to introduce the bipartisan bill. It...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania put on ice hundreds of state government regulations during the pandemic, but policymakers are starting to weigh whether any of the suspended or revised rules should be jettisoned for good. They are also examining whether it’s time to reinstate some of the suspended rules on a list that runs 139 pages, covering everything from training and inspections to the rights and living standards of people in group homes and children in foster care. House Republicans issued a set of letters to Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf a month ago that identified dozens of suspe...

The Associated Press HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania put on ice hundreds of state government regulations during the pandemic, but policymakers are starting to weigh whether any of the suspended or revised rules should be jettisoned for good. They are also examining whether it’s time to reinstate some of the suspended rules on a list that runs 139 pages, covering everything from training and inspections to the rights and living standards of people in group homes and children in foster care. House Republicans issued a set of letters to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf a month ago that identified dozens o...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania put on ice hundreds of state government regulations during the pandemic, but policymakers are starting to weigh whether an