Today on In Session, Molly Alcorn talks to us about AB 931, the bill that would have raised California’s standard for when it is acceptable for a police officer to use deadly force.

Many states struck back against the FCC’s decision to roll back Obama-era net neutrality regulations with its “Restoring Internet Freedom Order” in 2017. In California, Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced SB 822,

Today on the podcast, Tyler recaps the bills In Session covered this year and provides updates on whether each bill ultimately became law. Thank you so much for following these blog posts and listening to our podcast this season.

California currently faces a major public education crisis. Similar to the housing crisis, California’s teacher supply has failed to meet demand, resulting in severe teacher shortages throughout the state. Seventy-five percent of school districts are u...

Calls for strengthened immigration laws and renewed enforcement of existing laws have raised questions about the interactions between local law enforcement agencies and federal authorities. In what has been referred to as the “highest-profile act of de...

After managing to keep its scam under wraps for at least a decade, it came to light that Wells Fargo was ripping off its customers by opening fake accounts in their name and charging them for the fees associated with those accounts.

Human trafficking is a $32 billion global industry that transverses national boundaries. It is a problem that exists in every state in the U.S., and California is one of the largest sites of human trafficking in the nation.

Under the Obama Administration policies, as long as states developed a robust regulatory and enforcement system for medical or recreational adult use of marijuana, residents who complied with state laws and regulations would not be subject to harassmen...

Before 2017, Nevada was a member of a minority of states that lacked an anti-bestiality law. Generally, the rationale behind anti-bestiality laws is two-pronged: (1) protect animals and (2) prevent future violence to humans.

If you’ve applied for a job, you’ve likely seen the box: Have you ever been convicted of a felony? For many people, this box is no big deal, you check no and you move on with the rest of the application. For those with a conviction, however,