State lawmakers are getting ready to consider whether some government records should no longer be made public, even if the release of those records would be in the public’s best interest.

Chief Justice Susan M. Carney’s comments follow Anchorage Daily News/ProPublica reporting that found the median time to ...

For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...

Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society. Marshall’s early exposure to the ...

The Supreme Court, while hearing transferred petitions on Thursday, clarified that the stay order is on the Madhya Pradesh ...

Nance appealed and a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that since lethal injection is the only method of execution authorized by Georgia law, Nance was effectively challenging ...

DES MOINES — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that applicants for a vacant Scott County supervisor position cannot be kept ...

A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s ...

A judge in Burlington has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city for a charter change, allowing residents to vote in local elections regardless of citizenship.

A California appeals court rules a baker can’t refuse to sell a generic cake to a lesbian couple. It’s part of a series of ...