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In a public hearing this week, dozens of advocates spoke to Pittsburgh City Council about what legal distinction would come from declaring itself a…
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Automatic license plate readers – those cameras on police cars and light poles that capture plate numbers – have been in widespread use since the 1990s.…
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The state House has passed a bill to keep certain drug and violent crime offenders in prison longer.House Bill 741 makes legal fixes to reinstate a number…
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Families of people hurt or killed by police would not learn the identity of the officer involved for 30 days or until the completion of an investigation…
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Social justice advocates worry misinformation is preventing formerly incarcerated men and women from casting their ballot.“Because there are a number of…
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Usually, inadequate representation lawsuits go like this: your lawyer does a bad job defending your case, you're found guilty, and then you seek a new…
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*UPDATEDMore than a dozen women who crossed into the U.S. illegally with their children continue to protest their long detention in a Pennsylvania…
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The Obama administration advised school districts that trans students should be given access to bathrooms based on gender identity. A judge in Texas says the guidance can't be enforced for now.
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About 17,000 school-aged refugees move to the U.S. in an average year, an estimate that's a few years old and likely growing along with overall…
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Pennsylvania’s incarceration rates are the highest of any northeastern state. Beginning in the 1980's with the advent of the “War on Drugs,” Pennsylvania…