Leading Wednesday's states brief, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed legislation today that increases school funding by $148.4 million for the upcoming school year and prohibits any state court handling a lawsuit over school funding...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers deadlocked today on a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit the use of race and gender preferences in university admissions and government hiring. The board could not decide...

Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled today that a boss's sexual affairs with subordinates may result in the sexual harassment of other employees in violation of the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act [PDF...

Leading Friday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court today extended the "risk contribution theory" to lead paint manufacturers and allowed the suit of a 15-year old boy who can't prove which manufacturer produced the paint that may...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that the state's cap on medical malpractice noneconomic damage awards is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection guarantees of the state constitution and the legislature's...

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled today that citizens cannot sue Dow Chemical Company for the costs of testing for future dioxin-related health problems. The court stated that medical monitoring is not a legal...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, a Kentucky circuit judge issued two stays of execution today to allow two prisoners to continue their challenge to the state's use of lethal injection as a form of execution. Last week, the same judge...

Leading Monday's states brief, the Illinois Supreme Court has denied the request of the Associated Press and two newspapers for access to transcripts of a pre-trial hearing involving a state murder charge arising out of the...

Leading Friday's states brief, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision today that found the state's Department of Natural Resources cannot regulate groundwater unless the legislature confers such authority. Judge John Wright, writing...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that interrogations of juvenile prisoners must be electronically recorded. In reversing a 2003 Court of Appeals decision the court stated that recording the interrogations by videotape...