JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court might end mandatory union fees for public employees, some labor-friendly states enacted laws last year to protect membership...

Billings Gazette, July 10, on court ruling over University of Montana records:

Last week, in a very divided Montana State Supreme Court decision, the state's highest group of judges decided...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court overturning a Connecticut law that limits the length of Tweed-New Haven Airport's main runway (all times local):

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As a group of felons challenge a new Florida law that requires them to pay all fines and fees before getting their voting rights restored, their attorneys say they need a...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A mid-level state appeals court has ruled that the state's tree-cutting to create new wider snowmobile trails in the Adirondacks is illegal.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's secretary of state has decided not to appeal a court decision that blocked him from putting into law a bill that was vetoed by Gov. Steve Bullock.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday's Supreme Court decision on partisan gerrymandering reignited calls from progressives for overhauling the high court, putting new pressure on Democratic presidential...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some Connecticut officials are praising a Supreme Court decision to prevent the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Democrats, including Gov. Jared Polis, celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday to place on hold Trump administration plans to include a citizenship question on...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The developer of a proposed mine in southeast Alaska is moving ahead with exploration following a favorable court decision.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision to uphold state laws introduced in a lame-duck session in December (all times local):

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Court officials and lawyers in North Dakota say few people have tried to undo convictions for refusing DUI blood tests in the year since a state Supreme Court opinion offered...

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — A judge has ruled that New Hampshire's current method for funding public schools is unconstitutional, two decades after a series of court decisions that said the state has a...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware's Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against state officials involving a prostitute's abuse of her children.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that medical marijuana cardholders are protected from arrest for possessing hashish and other cannabis extracts as long as they don't have more...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate set to die by lethal injection on Thursday wants the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block his execution.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African president Jacob Zuma will hear in three months' time whether corruption, racketeering and money laundering charges against him might be...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A high court ruling barring a crusading former prosecutor's candidacy has turned Guatemala's presidential election on its ear less than a month before the vote, and raised...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin woman whose eviction proceeding was dismissed should be granted her request to remove her record from an online public access system, the state's Appeals Court said...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's Constitutional Court has ruled against the presidential candidacy of former top prosecutor Thelma Aldana, a court official said Wednesday.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge is rejecting attempts by Mississippi officials to throw out a federal government lawsuit challenging how the state runs its mental health system.

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors will ask Pennsylvania's highest court to reverse an appeals court ruling overturning the first-degree murder conviction and life sentence of a former northwestern...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Supreme Court decision will force the state Senate into voting to reject a judicial nominee over political tweets that lawmakers found offensive.

SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney newspaper and journalist are appealing an Australian Federal Court decision that they defamed Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush with accusations of inappropriate behavior...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court upheld the death sentence and conviction on Friday of a sniper who killed a state trooper and wounded another in a nighttime ambush outside...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Supreme Court has vacated a lower court's decision that ruled in favor of a swimming pool retailer sued by the parents of a 4-year-old boy who drowned in...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has agreed to review a murder case dismissed on the basis of the state's expanded self-defense law.

DETROIT (AP) — Residents who were wrongly accused of defrauding Michigan's unemployment program won a major ruling Friday as the state Supreme Court set a favorable deadline for people to sue over...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's attorney general said Thursday that he won't release older records on state law enforcement agents' misconduct despite a recently released appeals court...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As legalized wagering on sports spreads, the NCAA remains adamant about prohibiting college athletes from betting.

The association and its members have had to manage the...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man who was 15-years-old when he fatally shot two men and injured another.

DETROIT (AP) — Lawyers say they've exhausted efforts to slow down or suspend the deportation of Iraqi nationals from the U.S. after a court refused to set aside a decision from one of its...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on appeals court decision on Cardell Hayes conviction (all times local):

4:50 p.m.

A lawyer for the man convicted of killing a former Saints football...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting federal authority to enforce laws on state-owner rivers in Alaska (all times local):

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's ethics board has withdrawn its appeal of a court decision that allowed UConn football coach Randy Edsall to keep his son as an assistant coach.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state's ban on personal ownership of stun guns is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday in the latest in a series of court decisions that have led to the...

BERLIN (AP) — Shares in chemicals manufacturer Bayer fell sharply Wednesday after a U.S. jury found the Roundup weed killer to have been a substantial factor in a California man's...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An appeals court agrees a fraternity should be dismissed from a lawsuit alleging a pledge at a private North Carolina university died from hazing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Virginia's plea to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence of a man who as a teenager participated in sniper shootings that...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prison employees who challenged job classifications and lower pay grades have lost an appeal at the Michigan Supreme Court.

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the reinstatement of Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction (all times local):

2 p.m.

Attorneys for late NFL star Aaron Hernandez are criticizing the state's...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has summoned the Belgian ambassador in Ankara to protest a Brussels appeals court decision that said a Kurdish rebel group cannot be considered to be a terrorist...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A labor appeals board was wrong to determine that workers' compensation insurance can't reimburse an employee for the cost of medical marijuana, according to a New Hampshire...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld a decision by state lawmakers to roll back one way for public workers to pad their pensions, but avoided ruling on the larger...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court issued a rare order directing the Brown County District to sentence a sex offender for a third time, saying the man was a victim of "judicial...

MONTREAL (AP) — The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark judgment that ordered three tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars in damages to Quebec smokers.

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine's Constitutional Court has struck down a law against officials enriching themselves, a move that raised concerns Wednesday about a weakening of the country's fight...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When the city of Louisville refused to disclose how much they offered Amazon to lure its headquarters there, the local newspaper sued and won in an initial court...