Massachusetts outlawed flavored tobacco. Now, just as criminal justice groups warned, a vape shop owner is serving time.

We have seen several animal cruelty cases in the news recently. The owner of an “animal rescue” shelter in Beekmantown pled guilty to felony forgery and to several misdemeanors directly related to her ...

This issue could be compounded by a Senate bill that aims to enhance criminal penalties for undocumented individuals, like bumping a class B misdemeanor, for example, to a class A. If both bills ...

“If I think about my email and the number of things like, ‘I’m going to cut off your head or burn down your house’ – those are not infrequent,’” said state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis. Under ...

The bill passed after Gov. Ron DeSantis and fellow Republicans ended a public dispute. It includes a mandatory death penalty ...

They face misdemeanor charges if they don’t report ... saying requiring a priest to disclose something revealed in confession, for example, would violate Catholic church policies.

A Senate Bill, SB156, an act to increase the minimum age for marriage, has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 4-2 ...

As an example, the state attorney's office pointed ... 901.15 which says a police officer may not arrest a person for a misdemeanor not committed in his presence without a warrant.

The Virginia Department of Forestry is advising residents of the 4 p.m. Burning Law going into effect on Saturday. The statewide burn ban goes into effect every year from February 15 through April 30.

Anyone convicted of a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or non ... told KSTP the law is well intended but is too broad and has flaws. For example, Hodsdon said, someone could be charged with a ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A First Amendment dispute over a bright painting that shows sunbeams shining down on a mountain range ...

In Virginia, for example, driving 20 miles per hour over the limit or exceeding 85 miles per hour is automatically classified as reckless driving, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Utah imposes reckless ...