Dutchess County Aims for Savings with Smaller, Smarter, Shared Government Services

On July 20, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Jouppi v. Alaska (25-246), a case that could affect how state and local governments impose and defend fines and property forfeitures under the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause.

The U.S. Supreme Court is deciding how easily a challenger can move a neutral local rule out of deferential review and into the most demanding standard in Constitutional law.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether federal courts may hear certain religious liberty challenges to local zoning decisions before the local land use process reaches a final decision.