Executive Summary: In January 2023, the Illinois Legislature passed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLAW Act). The PLAW Act specifically exempted the City of Chicago and certain municipalities in Cook... Read more »
Executive Summary: On December 14, 2023, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance, which replaces the Earned Sick Leave Ordinance. The new Paid Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”)... Read more »
On December 14, 2023, the Cook County Board of Commissioners (“Board”) passed the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which converts the pre-existing Cook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance into an... Read more »
A Fulton County, Georgia inmate’s recent death highlights systematic failures within Fulton’s jail and across its criminal justice system, Dylan Jackson reports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Samuel Lawrence was arrested for arson... Read more »
Earlier this year, five Rankin County Sheriff’s deputies and one police officer were charged and later pleaded guilty to criminal charges for both federal civil rights offenses and state charges for home... Read more »
A 36-year-old woman was charged with murder in the shooting death of social justice humanitarian Michael Latt at his home in Los Angeles, Missael Soto and Karla Rendon report for NBC Los... Read more »
A sheriff’s deputy in Los Angeles County has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting an inmate while he was on duty at a women’s jail in Lynwood, California, Keri Blakinger reports... Read more »
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $700,000 settlement in the case of a radio reporter taken into custody while covering a demonstration that occurred during a series of... Read more »
A Miami-Dade police officer is facing serious charges after allegedly molesting three young children, Victoria Jardine and Chris Hush report for NBC 6. Daniel Ramos-Aviles was arrested on a warrant Monday and... Read more »
Two Albuquerque, New Mexico police officials have been named in a federal indictment involving a conspiracy to traffick more than 1,000 guns the ATF classifies as machine guns, Tommy Lopez reports for... Read more »