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HONOLULU — A nonprofit group has filed suit to stop the planned demolition of the Haʻikū Stairs, an iconic and controversial hiking route in the Koʻolau mountains of Oʻahu. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the Friends of Haʻikū Stairs, challenges a decision by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) that greenlighted

Federal Ruling Maintains Poultry Waste Is Still Harming Watershed TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge has reaffirmed that poultry waste continues to damage the Illinois River watershed, despite arguments that conditions have improved. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell issued his updated ruling Tuesday, June 17, stating that Oklahoma met its

SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon Court of Appeals decision has cast doubt on a key forensic method long used in criminal investigations—matching shell casings to firearms. The court ruled that state forensic analysts relied on “subjective judgment” rather than proven scientific standards in a 2018 Portland shooting case, potentially undermining

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Houston-area father's criminal history alone is enough to justify terminating his parental rights, even though he did not directly harm his son. The father, whose identity is not disclosed in court documents, has spent most of his son’

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — A group of undocumented students is asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a case that struck down their access to in-state tuition at Texas public universities. The request, filed Wednesday, aims to revive a long-standing Texas law that had allowed undocumented students to pay

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that state agencies acting like courts may claim judicial immunity from lawsuits brought under the state’s Civil Rights Act, a decision that sets a significant precedent for government accountability in the state. The June 2 ruling marks the

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that people suing the government for injuries caused by dangerous conditions in public buildings must show early on that the government likely acted negligently. The decision stems from a 2019 case in which Krista Dozier slipped on a puddle of water inside the