So "The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States," a new book by political scientists Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, is long overdue. It begins with a historical ...

The president-elect plans to give county authorities more power in deportation matters—with rewards for jurisdictions that ...

After the mayor of Denver said local police might be used to stop federal forces from deporting migrants, Trump border czar ...

The new law means sheriffs in all 100 counties in North Carolina will have to cooperate with federal immigration authorities ...

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office received a grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety for overtime traffic ...

Organizations on the advisory board of Project 2025, a sprawling plan to provide the incoming Republican presidential ...

Eight of the 10 offices across the commonwealth received grants of $30,000 while two offices in the state’s west received $35,000 from the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners ...

Voters rejected a constitutional change that would have allowed court fees to be used to finance sheriffs’ pensions.

including in key swing states. Many of these so-called constitutional sheriffs have also used right-wing media appearances to spread the movement’s talking points, claiming that the country’s ...

But what legal authority do sheriffs actually have in elections? Although some have teamed up with election denial groups like True the Vote, their legal role is limited. According to a recent fact ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28.--United States District Attorney Carey has received a telegram from the Sheriff of Mendocino County informing him that he was gathering a posse to capture Capt. Shaw ...