Another bill that’s taken effect adds half a billion dollars to the amount the state can borrow for prison construction. Back in 2021 lawmakers approved $1.3 billion to build prisons in Elmore and ...

Rep. Don Davis (D-North Carolina) couldn’t believe it when he heard the news. Commissioners in the town of Snow Hill, where he once served as mayor, had narrowly voted to disband its police department ...

People in some areas of the U.S. may want to stock up on their own sparklers, Roman candles and fountains, because the ...

Illinois bans the sale and use of most types of fireworks, with violators facing fines and possible jail time in some cases.