Ping-ponging property tax rates could reach long-term stability if a proposal introduced in the Colorado legislature on Monday beats the clock for when the body must finish its work this week.

But the proposal, while rallying support inside the State Capitol, did not appear likely to stop ballot initiatives backed by powerful, deep-pocketed ...Read more

FORD LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Broward State Attorney’s Office is taking aim at human trafficking by uniting businesses, landlard and law enforcement against illegal massage parlors that not-so-secretly offer more than back rubs to their clients.

State Attorney Harold F. Pryor is calling it the Stop Abuse, Fight Exploitation (or S.A.F.E.) ...Read more

CHICAGO — A Chicago woman is facing charges after allegedly having sex with her ex-boyfriend’s 15-year-old son, then sending him nude photos, documents allege.

Estefany Sierra Rios, 27, was charged Friday with three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count of dissemination of matter harmful to minors.

She is not in custody. ...Read more

TikTok, the popular social video app, sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, saying the country's new law that could ban the app violates its 1st Amendment right to free speech.

President Joe Biden last month signed a law that would effectively ban the service in the United States if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell it. Legislators ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After steering clear of the divisive issue for months, the Supreme Court may be on the verge of deciding whether to jump into the national debate over medical treatment for transgender youths.

As soon as Thursday justices may vote behind closed doors on whether to grant an appeal that seeks to block a new Tennessee law ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The future rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge will create an opportunity for Maryland to rethink what it stands for, some advocates, legislators and historians say.

Local, state and federal officials have already vowed to rebuild the steel structure that once spanned the Baltimore skyline and collapsed March 26 when the ...Read more

DENVER — The Denver City Council on Monday gave local nonprofit Haven of Hope the green light to turn an industrial building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood into a homeless shelter with eight to 12 beds for people in a recovery program.

The approval came despite 18 emailed comments opposed to the zoning change largely focused on concerns ...Read more

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A state representative violated the House of Representatives' respectful workplace policy when she named several employees who were identified anonymously in a prior investigation into her conduct, according to a report released Monday.

The Washington House of Representatives opened a second investigation into Rep. Michelle ...Read more

NEW YORK — Twenty-seven people were arrested during the pro-Palestinian protest targeting the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, police said Tuesday.

Leila Nouri, 21, was charged with assault and resisting arrest when she allegedly pushed back against police officers arresting her as they tried to ...Read more

Lawyers suing the San Diego County Sheriff's Department are asking a federal judge to compel Sheriff Kelly Martinez to submit to a deposition and answer questions about jail practices and conditions under oath.

According to a declaration filed in San Diego federal court, Martinez has not been made available over several weeks for a formal ...Read more

ATLANTA — The first tip identifying Ellijay resident William Gallagher as among the hundreds of rioters to break into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, came just 10 days after the riot via an anonymous call to the FBI.

But it would take authorities more than three years to charge Gallagher and his two adult sons, James and Thomas Gallagher, ...Read more

ATLANTA — As the annual Capitol bill-signing season winds down Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp inked a $36.1 billion state spending plan for the coming fiscal year that includes raises for 300,000 educators and state workers, plus more money for law enforcement, education and mental health programs.

The raises are included in the budget for fiscal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green is scheduled to continue talks Tuesday with House Speaker Mike Johnson over Greene’s promise to bring forward a motion to remove him.

Whether Greene, R-Rome, will follow through with her threatened “motion to vacate” remains to be seen as members of her own party are lining up to condemn her....Read more

Across the California State University system, thousands of students across the 23-campus system have participated in protests in support of Palestinian people, and in opposition to the Israeli government and the war in Gaza.

Some demonstrations have remained peaceful; at Sacramento State and Sonoma State, campus operations have not been ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Democrats and Republicans expressed frustration Monday as they grilled Gov. Gavin Newsom's top housing officials in a tense legislative hearing about how billions of state dollars have been spent on the worsening homelessness crisis.

The hearing by the Assembly budget subcommittee on accountability and oversight came after a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA —Just 20 minutes after applications opened for Pennsylvania's new program offering stipends to student teachers, Hannah Buckley logged on and submitted hers. But she isn't sure whether that was fast enough.

Within two hours last month, officials say more than 3,500 people applied for the new program, which provides student ...Read more

NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors are expected to call porn star Stormy Daniels to the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial.

The former president’s legal team began the day’s proceedings asking Judge Juan Merchan to prevent her from divulging “salacious” details of their alleged tryst more than a decade ...Read more