state law

A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday

Owners of electric vehicles in a number of states will start seeing fees to pay for road repairs in the new year. At least eight states will begin charging new or higher registration fees Wednesday for electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. The new fees mean that, for the first time, a majority of states will assess special fees on gas-free...

The University of North Carolina announced Wednesday that a torn-down Confederate monument won’t return to campus under a legal agreement that hands over the “Silent Sam” statue to a group of Confederate descendants. The University of North Carolina System said in a news release that a judge approved a settlement giving possession of the monument to the Sons of Confederate...

President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced a special election Monday to fill the late Rep. Elijah Cummings vacant seat in Congress.

An army of Confederate monuments dots Virginia’s landscape but some of those statues could soon start coming down after Election Day gave Democrats control of the General Assembly for the first time in decades.

A Maryland judge on Thursday scheduled a March trial to determine whether a man who has pleaded guilty to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper is not criminally responsible because of mental illness.

An administrative hearing to decide whether Missouri can revoke the license for the state’s only abortion clinic concluded Thursday with emotional testimony from a clinic official. The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up a day early. A ruling isn’t expected until February at the...

After he pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible to the shooting that killed five employees at the Capital Gazette, the trial for Jarrod Ramos has been postponed. Chris Gordon reports.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced a special election Monday to fill the late Rep. Elijah Cummings vacant seat in Congress.

At his funeral Friday, Rep. Elijah Cummings was remembered as a prominent democrat and proud son of Baltimore. News4’s Cory Smith reports on the emotional tributes from his family, friends and former congressional colleagues.

In the wake of Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings’ death Thursday, a special election for his replacement is expected to be held next year.

The city of Charlottesville is preparing to appeal its defeat in a lawsuit over two Confederate monuments.

A union for Texas troopers is suing the state over a new policy that limits the size of officers’ waistlines.

A Virginia judge has blocked the city of Charlottesville’s effort to remove Confederate statues. The Daily Progress reports the three-day civil trial that ended Friday included a judge’s ruling preventing the removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

D.C. Public Schools clarified its policy on medical marijuana, saying health professionals will administer medical marijuana to students in schools.

Three couples planning to get married in Virginia have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state requirement that they disclose their race on their marriage application.

The case of a suburban Chicago teenager who killed himself after being confronted at his high school about whether he made a video of himself having sex with a classmate raised uncomfortable questions about how aggressively school officials should question kids suspected of wrongdoing and whether they should wait until a parent arrives.

Former Boy Scouts who say they were molested as children by adult scout leaders filed nine lawsuits Tuesday in New York accusing the organization of failing to protect them.

A Virginia judge has dismissed a lawsuit by activists which sought to force the city of Norfolk to move its 112-year-old Confederate monument.