At issue was a 25-year precedent that allows local governments to create protest-free buffer zones around all health-care facilities, not just abortion clinics.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion demonstrations near clinics violate their First Amendment rights.

Insurance could potentially look a little different in Illinois. Lawmakers are pushing to enact a new bill that will require gun owners to have insurance.

The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately owned facilities around the country.

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy included gambling tax hikes in his new budget proposal, but the industry and some lawmakers are pushing back.