California's AI transparency law is set to become operative this weekend, requiring major AI providers to attach provenance data and offer free detection tools.

Olmsted Falls voters will decide whether to raise the city income-tax rate and retire four property-tax levies. A city estimate puts the annual impact at $435 for one representative household.

LAPD records that once appeared online almost daily have largely vanished from Los Angeles’ public portal as the department’s backlog grows.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked cuts threatening more than $3 million in Maryland school mental health funding. Bowie State and UMB programs remain funded through August 24.

Four tiny paint panels could trigger a much bigger fight over Washington’s most protected federal landmarks.

A Pennsylvania congressional race is turning an old FBI probe into a fresh political firestorm, with no public proof that Bob Harvie was ever a target.

A Cleveland fair-housing nonprofit is caught in a national lawsuit over HUD grant rules that could shut smaller watchdogs out of federal funding.

A Tarpon Springs civics nonprofit paid its founder and his mother $587,279 in 2024, while filings show little documented spending on schools or teachers.

St. Paul has opened an outside probe after Police Chief Axel Henry filed a formal complaint alleging sexualized comments and unwanted contact by Mayor Kaohly Her.

Philadelphia lawmakers are weighing rules that would force clearer junk-fee disclosures and require free online payment options.

Portland’s police reform settlement is still years from completion, federal lawyers and a monitor told a judge. Supervision failures, weak body-camera compliance and an unfinished civilian oversight system remain central problems.

A KPRC anchor is suspended after receiving World Cup and Bruno Mars tickets from a Harris County stadium entity. The free seats are now at the center of a newsroom ethics investigation.

Houston Rep. Penny Morales Shaw discussed Texas’ new school-choice accounts, AI rules and support systems for student parents and immigrant families.