Dow's Freeport petrochemical complex is violating air pollution limits despite EPA legal action

A legal letter sent to EPA and TCEQ officials on behalf of Freeport residents details excess pollution after a 2021 consent ...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Officials seek end to Springfield Police Department's consent decree

The city of Springfield, Massachusetts, appears to be looking to end a consent decree that's been guiding its police ...
AFRO American Newspapers

Federal judge removes oversight of three consent decree sections after sustained compliance

Baltimore City achieves over 83% compliance with Federal Consent Decree as three sections are terminated. Progress highlights ...
The Indiana Gazette

Environmentalists speak out against Key-Con consent decree

In the wake of last week’s Key-Con consent decree signed by Indiana County Common Pleas President Judge Thomas M. Bianco, ...

Baltimore consent decree born from Freddie Gray case shrinks as judge removes sections

A federal judge on Thursday lifted oversight of three more sections of the Baltimore Police Department’s consent decree, ...

BPD reaches more compliance with consent decree, mayor says

The federal judge overseeing the Baltimore Police Department's consent decree found the agency in compliance with three more ...
WDSU

New Orleans Police Department's consent decree ending receives support from federal judge

FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. BUT ALSO BREAKING HERE AT HOME. THE NOPD CONSENT DECREE IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END AFTER MORE THAN 12 YEARS. THE FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSEEING THOSE REFORMS NOW AN AGREEMENT ...
New Orleans City Business

Federal oversight of NOPD ends after 13 years

Federal oversight of the New Orleans Police Department, which began nearly 13 years ago under a wide-ranging federal consent decree, has been terminated, following an informal “final proceeding” in ...
Chicago magazine

What's the Deal with Chicago's Consent Decree?

This Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. will hold the first and only public hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree, which he's overseeing. From 9:30 a.m. to 3 ...