State and local officials are seeing the first wave of the $50 billion arrive. They’re also seeing pitches for products to spend it on.
Dina Temple-Raston, host of the Click Here podcast, walks us through the polarizing school safety proposal.
The National Urban League’s Marc Morial says the order is limited and not a replacement for legislation.
It’s another cost for states whose tax revenues are down due to the pandemic economic slowdown.
The program that sends surplus weapons to local law enforcement has drawn criticism in the wake of nationwide protests against police brutality.
The idea is to create more formal partnerships between community members and officers to foster greater trust.
The FBI also says that just over 40% of law enforcement officers are contributing to the National Use-of-Force Data Collection.
It’s not just families who face hardship after a workplace ICE raid.
The Missouri Department of Transportation spent almost $1 million last year on repairing street lights caused by thefts of copper wire.
Forensic video evidence is no smoking gun.
