Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders. The first four defendants who didn't have ...

A Detroit high school student who is a Colombian immigrant was arrested by Border Patrol while on a field trip in May.

Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti and school board member Angelique Peterson-Mayberry at a 2023 meeting. The district is restructuring its special education ...

Playwright Andrea Assaf joined The Metro to share her perspective about these unseen moral injuries and her inspiration behind the play.

Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders.

The Commission on Judicial Performance found that Solano County Superior Court Judge Robert Bowers improperly encouraged the defendant in a homicide case to drop his public defender.

Defendants released in Massachusetts as pay dispute with public defenders remains unresolved Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a ...

New budgets for state agencies and commissions in North Dakota went into effect July 1 and one commission will see a 20% increase over the next two years — the Commission on Legal Counsel for ...

DETROIT — Following a July 4 holiday weekend in which six juveniles were shot, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan stood with Detroit Police officials for the second year in a row on Monday to unveil a ...

Heather Cessna, leader of the Kansas public defender office, has resigned in the face of budget cuts and constitutional crisis. TOPEKA — Heather Cessna is resigning as executive director of the state ...

Whatcom County’s public defenders will face new rules on how many cases they can take on next year as a recent decision by the Washington Supreme Court takes effect. And while the Public ...