A proposal supported by a bipartisan group of lawmakers would guarantee the Legislature authority over the makeup of ...

Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy has questioned whether Maine's public defense agency has done enough to ensure people ...

During former President Joe Biden's administration, more than 5 million Americans saw their student debt forgiven.

A judge recently ruled state failed to provide low-income defendants with legal representation. Over the past three days, a ...

While she was growing up in Fort Kent in the late 1980s, the local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses was Shannon Simendinger's world. "When that's all you know, you get close to the people and they ...

Mike and Kitty Burke, lifelong residents of Springfield, Massachusetts,REF applied to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) to be foster parents.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on how deeply it should intervene in a power struggle between Democrats and Republicans over who should control the state ...

Riggs said her top priority was "ensuring the North Carolina Supreme Court remains accessible, fair, and impartial, upholding the rights of all citizens and providing important checks and balances in ...

A superior court justice will hear arguments this week about what the state can do to meet its constitutional obligation to ...

This is the political composition of the supreme court heading into the 2025 election. Justices are selected in nonpartisan elections. In the case of a mid-term vacancy, the governor appoints a ...

Just hours after President Donald Trump signed an order attempting to end birthright citizenship, the first legal challenge ...