Oregon State

Ohio State

Grants Pass, OR

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision to allow cities to enforce bans on homeless encampments even when shelter space is unavailable. In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, the plaintiffs filed a class action on behalf of the homeless population living in Grants Pass, alleging that the city’s ordinances against public camping violated the Eighth Amendment. An injunction was originally entered, prohibiting the city from enforcing its laws against homeless individuals. The US Supreme Court overruled this injunction holding that enforcement of the city’s laws did not constitute “cruel and unusual” punishment prohibited by the Eight Amendment. The majority reached this decision stating that the punishments for violation of the ordinances were a small fine or a short jail sentence for repeat offenders, which they did not deem to be “cruel and unusual.”

US Supreme Court allows cities to enforce homeless encampment bans

Sacramento, CA

CBS Sacramento

SACRAMENTO -- From one capital city to another, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling handed down Friday would allow cities like Sacramento to implement civil punishments to eliminate homeless encampments.SCOTUS sided with an Oregon town that imposes civil punishments on homeless people for sleeping in public spaces. The decision found that the anti-camping rules are not prohibited by the Eighth Amendment's protections from cruel and unusual punishment.Cities in Californa's capital region reacted to the decision, each with a different response.In Roseville, the decision was applauded by city leaders who were part of a 13-city friend-of-the-court brief filed to the...

Sacramento region reacts to Supreme Court allowing camping bans targeting homeless

SACRAMENTO — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of giving cities the right to ban homeless people from sleeping or camping on public property, including sidewalks.The City of Sacramento will now have more enforcement power over homeless people living in public places. After the ruling by the Supreme Court, homeless individuals in California's capital city could face fines, charges or jail time if they don't comply with city guidelines."It's going to provide more tools for government and for local communities to deal with on a local level," said Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho.Ho called the ruling a...

What does Supreme Court ruling on anti-camping laws mean for Sacramento's homeless?

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Lee County, MS

Verona, MS

Mississippi News Group

Verona, MS - On May 30, 2024, the Lee County Sheriff's Department, in collaboration with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, executed a search warrant in Verona, MS, following a prolonged investigation into illegal narcotics sales from a local shop according to a press release from the LCSD.

Lee County Sheriff's Department Executes Major Drug Bust in Verona

Colorado State

Denver, CO

David Heitz

The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters whether the U.S. citizenship requirement for police and firefighters should be dropped.

Committee OKs removing citizenship requirement for police, firefighters in Denver

Lexington, KY

New York Post

A year-old jailhouse phone call was used to connect an Ohio man to a fatal collision on a Kentucky highway in which an 18-year-old college student was killed when the man’s tire fell off his truck.

Ricky A. Raider was indicted earlier this month by a grand jury for the freak accident that killed University of Kentucky student Lauren Collins, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office announced on June 21. 

Collins, a rising sophomore and fashion merchandising major, was driving southbound on the highway near the Ohio border when the runaway tire smashed into her car around 12:15 a.m. July 16, 2023.

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Ohio driver whose loose tire killed college student on highway in 2023 arrested after jailhouse call to female inmate

Illinois State

Grundy County, IL

CBS News

MORRIS, Ill. (CBS) – A woman found murdered on the side of a rural road about 50 miles southwest of Chicago in 1976 has been identified, officials announced Thursday.The woman found dead in Grundy County had been nameless. Officials identified her on Thursday as JoAnne "Vicki" Smith, who was only 20 years old when she died.Detectives said the woman's DNA led them to surviving relatives. Earlier this year, a DNA match led authorities to identify the body as Smith's.For nearly 50 years, her family has wondered what happened to their loved one, who vanished from their home in Ohio in...

Illinois cold case finally solved nearly 50 years later

New Jersey State

Pennsylvania State

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), has co-led a multistate comment letter supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule aimed at reducing criminal history-based barriers to public housing. This initiative is a collaborative effort with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania to improve access to safe and affordable housing.

HUD Rule Fights Housing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Minnesota State

Minneapolis, MN

CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed with a small town in Oregon and determined that imposing a ban on homeless encampments does not violate Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment. The 6-3 decision divided on ideological lines represents the most significant case on homelessness before the nation's highest court in decades as cities across the country search for solutions to combat the problem of people sleeping on the streets. "Homelessness is complex. Its causes are many. So may be the public policy responses required to address it. At bottom, the question this case presents is whether the Eighth...

Minneapolis advocates express disappointment at Supreme Court's homelessness ruling

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

UPI News

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that enforcement of camping regulation laws against homeless people in Grants Pass, Ore., does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment banned by the Eighth Amendment.

Supreme Court: Punishing homeless for outdoor sleeping not unconstitutional

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – California Assembly members voiced concerns, May 14, over a proposed 47 cent gas increase in 2025 and annual increases, to the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Assembly members voice concerns over proposed 47 cent per gallon gas increase in 2025

Florida State

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Akeena

Big news out of the Supreme Court that's going to impact homeless policies across the nation, including here in Florida. On a recent ruling, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 in favor of a small Oregon town’s right to prohibit homeless people from camping in public spaces. The ruling said that fining or imprisoning homeless individuals for sleeping outside, even if no shelter space is available, doesn’t violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Supreme Court Ruling and Its Consequences for Florida's Homeless

Ringtown, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

RINGTOWN – A dispute over a guest invited to a child’s birthday party turned physical...
The post Court Docs: Gunfire sparked by fight over child’s birthday party guest first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Court Docs: Gunfire sparked by fight over child’s birthday party guest

Aurora, CO

About 80 people overtook Aurora’s City Council meeting Monday, causing the mayor to recess the meeting three times in an effort to bring about order. The council then agreed to extend public invited to be heard beyond the one-hour time limit. The speakers showed up to chide the City Council for not punishing the officer that shot and killed Kilyn Lewis. Lewis was a suspect in a crime which is why police approached him. Body camera footage released by the Aurora Police Department showed Lewis did not have a gun and repeatedly yelled “I don’t have nothing!” with his hands in the air. Despite this, officer Michael Dieck killed him with a single shot from his rifle. Lewis never had more than a cell phone in his hand, the video showed.

Supporters of Black man killed by Aurora police overtake council meeting

Georgia State

The Current GA

People held in Georgia immigrant detention centers will soon face new challenges in their search for lawyers to represent them in immigration court, a development that will likely doom many people’s chances of fighting deportation.

For migrants in Georgia, fighting deportation will become harder. Here’s why.

Reading, PA

Mahanoy City, PA

MAHANOY CITY – Two members of a motorcycle club were convicted on federal charges, accused...
The post Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say

Cleveland.com

NewsBreak

Ohio homeless advocates don’t expect crackdowns after U.S. Supreme Court decision

WASHINGTON, D. C. - A U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday upholding local laws that make it illegal for homeless people to camp and sleep on...

Ohio homeless advocates don’t expect crackdowns after U.S. Supreme Court decision

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