A state bill would shift the burden of proof in special-education hearings onto school districts, a move supporters say helps families and opponents say will raise costs. The measure cleared a House committee and now heads to the House floor.

A special prosecutor declined to charge Wausau Mayor Doug Diny after he removed an absentee ballot drop box in 2024; an ethics board still found a policy violation. The decision closes the criminal probe but not the political debate.

City leaders are considering legal pressure and zoning limits to punish landlords and storefronts tied to drug houses, loitering and repeat nuisance activity. The proposal would pair attorney letters with targeted zoning changes.

The Charter Commission will consider removing Council confirmation of key department heads, a move officials warn could centralize appointment power.

Advocates in Indiana are pushing to tighten rules around jailhouse informant testimony after a Notre Dame clinic helped free a man who spent 27 years behind bars.

House Bill 3904 would let Medicaid reimburse prenatal, delivery and postpartum services separately, aiming to make tests and monitoring easier to get in rural Oklahoma.

Mothers in Annapolis pressed lawmakers to approve SB 356, a one‑time $1,000 refundable credit for parents who experience a stillbirth, saying it would ease sudden funeral and medical bills. Advocates are racing to get the House to act before the legislature adjourns.

At Lawyers' Mall, advocates urged Maryland senators to pass the Community Trust Act and a Data Privacy Act to limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

A City Controller review found $80.4M idle in special accounts and urged Mayor and Council to repurpose the balances to ease a looming budget gap.

A Suffolk County judge allowed dozens of New York localities to press on with a lawsuit accusing McKinsey of helping Purdue "turbocharge" OxyContin sales; punitive damages and an unjust‑enrichment claim were tossed.

An ethics panel found probable cause that Edwin Miller, MDEAT’s housing chief, may have given a nonprofit an unfair procurement edge and recommended an OIG review.

White Settlement doubled child-safety buffers for registered sex offenders and added new Halloween signage and activity limits. The council approved the ordinance on April 7.

The White House says President Trump will visit Nevada and Arizona next week to promote tax measures including a "no tax on tips" pledge. Exact stops and dates were not released.