Public Safety and Justice Update: 11/22/23

Michigan Democrats who have transformed gun laws in the state in the wake of multiple mass school shootings are now making it more difficult for individuals with convictions for misdemeanor domestic violence to get guns…

Recent mass shootings have put a spotlight on the gun laws in states where tragedies occurred, prompting local legislators to address the growing impact of gun violence on the U.S. Maine has come under scrutiny for its lack of gun restrictions following the 10/25 shooting in Lewiston, Maine, that left 18 people dead and injured 13 more…

In an effort to boost recruiting, Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed a bill to lower the police academy fitness requirement. Pennsylvania police departments have struggled to recruit cadets since the pandemic, and protests in the summer of 2020 over police brutality in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis…

“Super Meth” and other drugs are pushing America’s drug crisis beyond opioids. The utility of medications to reverse overdoses, developed to address the opioid crisis, is diminishing…

California advocacy groups are preparing legislation that would ban schools from expelling or suspending students for possessing drugs, alcohol or nicotine products — an approach no other state has taken…