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A new law opens up outdoor preschools to low income families in Colorado by allowing them to accept state child care subsidies. Advocates say learning outdoors has advantages over indoor classrooms.

With a federal judge poised to approve Purdue Pharma's controversial Chapter 11 plan, the company is working behind the scenes to preempt a legal challenge by the DOJ.

Rick Hasen, founder of the Election Law Blog, discusses Donald Trump's claims of potential voter fraud. "He's threatening the bedrock of democracy, and doing it to claim he's not a loser," Hasen says.

By allowing multi-family housing, proponents across the state say the move could lower housing costs and redress decades of racial segregation.

William Donaldson announced Wednesday that he would leave the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30. The outgoing SEC head is widely considered to have been a surprisingly aggressive advocate for reform.

A bipartisan group of senators has spent three years hashing out a proposal to reduce mandatory minimum prison terms for many nonviolent crimes.

A new television series about the Central Park Five paints an unflattering portrait of Linda Fairstein and has prompted calls to boycott her books. Her publisher dropped her Friday.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hammering out language that will affect immigration and national security policy. One provision of a spending bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will call for stricter documentation in applying for a driver's license.

Some Republicans are miffed about all the financial decisions being made without consulting them. Democrat Barney Frank says the Fed shouldn't have $800 billion to spread around without consulting anyone. Republicans say Democrats share blame for the crisis.