Following a months-long pause in promotions, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced Monday ...

A letter from Sen. Bernie Moreno raises questions about the federal government’s continued involvement in the consent decree.

Split nearly down the middle, the results of the 2024 presidential election brought elation, fear, hope and despair. For at least the next four years, Peter Simonson is going to look away. "That's one ...

Discussion of three criteria needed to keep the City of Fort Smith in compliance with a federal consent decree is on the ...

DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb County is asking for more time to upgrade its sewer infrastructure, but the costs could be steep. According to a summary of a Jan. 30 status conference in federal court, ...

In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that using race as a factor in college admissions is unconstitutional. Writing for ...

Within days of Trump’s inauguration, the Justice Department’s new chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, sent a pair of memos ordering ...

DeKalb County administrators recently proposed a 10-year extension to an agreement with state and federal regulators that currently requires the county to plug the leaky sewer system and bring it into ...

Federal Monitor Karl Racine has been overseeing it for the last two years. He says he’s seen significant progress, but more work is needed.

Karl Racine says Cleveland police have implemented key polices mandated in the decree. Now, his team is assessing them in depth, with the edict's future in question.

LUL says the mayor’s office has not been specific enough about the enforcement of the consent decree with the U.S. Department ...

Reviews by outside assessors, federal monitors and the New Orleans Office of Inspector General found no evidence of bias or ...