Tom Olsen covers crime and courts and the 8th Congressional District for the Duluth News Tribune since 2013. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth and a lifelong resident of the city.

He said a professor could not “indoctrinate” students to believe that racial health disparities were the fault of one race of ...

Illegal immigrants shouldn't be counted in the census because doing so unfairly affects congressional apportionment and ...

The department’s public court filings, along with interviews with current and former attorneys reveal challenges facing the government as it fights hundreds of cases against President Donald Trump’s ...

Pennsylvania voters have already demonstrated they want policies that will make it easier and more accessible for eligible ...

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: ...

Mat Staver, the attorney for former Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis, speaks about petition for Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges decision.

Siding with publishers and authors, a federal judge Wednesday ruled that a key part of a 2023 Florida law that has led to ...

U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy on Aug. 12 issued a 24-page ruling throwing out Tempest’s last remaining effort to ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is suing a second county, accusing it of violating the state’s open-records law.

Defense lawyers for former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday urged Brazil’s Supreme Court to acquit him in a high-stakes ...

U.S. Judge Carlos Mendoza ruled against state efforts to restrict school books and materials that “describe sexual conduct,” saying the standard was too broad and vague. The 2023 law has led to the ...