Behavioral Health Matters to Counties

The Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act could provide more than 30,000 state and local judges with access to security assessments, best practices and a database of threats made against colleagues in the justice field.

Sheriffs' offices and prosecutors in California's central valley make specific efforts to prevent and prosecute crimes against the agricultural community.

Counties in states that rarely receive much winter weather are assessing their responses to the January storm that left many covered in snow and ice.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is headed toward a funding lapse at 12:01 a.m. ET on Feb. 14 after the Senate failed this week to advance legislation to fund DHS for the remainder of Fiscal year (FY) 2026. 

Florida counties are using an artificial intelligence tool called Drug TRAC to track and report drug trends, with the aim of providing quicker outreach and saving lives. 

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued an interim final rule that changes how rebuilding projects financed with SBA disaster loans following a Presidentially declared disaster interact with state and local permitting requirements.