State efforts to pass environmental justice legislation this year have been a “glass half full,” but still better than federal efforts so far, advocates say.

Companies frowning at California’s mandatory board diversification requirement found a legal wrinkle in their efforts to undo the new law—shareholders now being emboldened to sue the state.

Two bills focused on fighting bias in the workplace, including a measure to repeal a Trump-era regulation from the federal government’s workplace civil rights agency, are now primed for votes by the full House.

Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ expansive overhaul of U.S. election laws from advancing to the chamber floor, dealing the Democratic majority a defeat on a chief 2020 campaign promise and underscoring their limited power in a chamber evenly split between the two political parties.

White law school graduates were significantly more likely to pass the bar exam than test takers from other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new American Bar Association survey that breaks down demographic data among test takers for the first time.

An overhaul of the U.S. military justice system must handle major crimes, not focus solely on sexual assault and harassment, said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who’s pushing to revamp how the armed forces prosecute serious offenses.