A newly filed lawsuit by the Department of Justice argues the way Houston County elects its county commission violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965, hurting Black voters' ability to elect ...

Two Black voters have joined the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Houston County’s elections chair, which seeks to change the county’s method for elections. The DOJ filed the lawsuit ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Texas man who was shot and killed during a traffic ...

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's office said it has been unable to verify Draycott's and Keyes' allegations, or reach a settlement with them, so it will fight the lawsuit. "The DOJ lawsuit stems from ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has revived Janice Hughes' civil rights lawsuit against a Houston officer who fatally shot her son during a traffic stop. The court rejected a lower court's dismissal, which had ...

The U.S. Justice Department dropped a lawsuit Monday to ... at-large elections in Houston County, Georgia and revisions to Georgia’s election laws that the Biden administration said restrict ...

The Justice Department filed lawsuits Thursday against ... The lawsuits against Michigan and Hawaii focus on their intentions to sue oil and gas companies for contributing to climate change ...