New Orleans now requires city departments to justify rejecting job applicants based on criminal history and allows rejected applicants to appeal.

(The Center Square) — Convicted felons applying for city government jobs in New Orleans will have more protections thanks to action by the city council, but advocates say the policy should ...

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Jurors heard two sharply contrasting portrayals of Stockton Unified Trustee AngelAnn Flores as closing arguments began in her ...

Former Lansing police Lt. Ryan Wilcox, who pleaded no contest to an embezzlement charge, made about $122,000 in overtime in ...

Christopher Munsey sits on a curb in Athens in black tennis shoes, white socks, black pants pulled up to his knees and a bare chest revealing myriad tattoos. He has deeply tanned arms and face from ...

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Nearly 150 new Florida laws went into effect on July 1 after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 11 more the day before. Here is what ...

The Oregonian/OregonLive is not naming Pablo-Morales’ fiancée, who is undocumented and is trying to determine how to best ...

Officials are asking the public to avoid a roadway in Tracy due to police activity. According to the Tracy Police Department, ...

The Milwaukee police officer, shot near 25th and Garfield last month, died of his injuries on June 29. He was 32 years old.