Legislation to give Shelby County voters a choice to either raise property taxes or increase local option sales tax to fund a ...

As Montana lawmakers consider how much to reimburse county jails for holding inmates waiting for a bed at the Montana State ...

“I’ll just say this: Our jail in Shelby County really is a humanitarian crisis,” said Tennessee State Sen. Raumesh Akbari. (The Daily Memphian file) NASHVILLE — A bill proposing a one percentage point ...

(The Center Square) – The Senate State and Local Government Committee advanced a bill that would give Shelby County voters a chance to decide on a sales tax increase that would fund a new jail.

They lost out in a 3-2 vote to instead fund a 384-bed expansion at an estimated cost of $179 million including the net-zero energy system. Supervisors also stipulated North County Jail facilities ...

Cheryl Smith’s son was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2008. Homeless five years later, he arrived in Santa Barbara County in 2022 with a substance use disorder.

A Shelby County ... a new jail to be constructed. The current jail population is above the Tennessee Corrections Institute's inspection maximum, but slightly under the jail's temporary bed maximum.