When a backlog becomes overloaded, execution collapses. The backlog stops being a planning tool and becomes a liability that ...

A massive backlog of police conduct complaints against Minneapolis officers has finally been cleared, the city announced Monday. It comes after 16 months of focused efforts by the city’s Office of ...

Last week, the San Diego Police Department announced it has no backlog of untested sexual-assault evidence kits for the first time since 2019. The accomplishment puts the department in compliance with ...

Last year, I met Vicki Crawford. She is a remarkable woman whose resilience and determination in the teeth of endless court delays had helped convict Melvyn Little, the man who sexually abused her as ...

Oregon Senate lawmakers called in officials from the state Department of Education this week to explain why the agency is struggling to clear a backlog of school discrimination complaints despite the ...

As the Colorado Bureau of Investigation works to reduce its backlog of untested sexual assault evidence and increase turnaround times, state lawmakers are considering whether the effort needs an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stands in the driveway ...

The Department of Education (ED) has been forced to double back on its March 2025 decision to lay off hundreds of civil rights employees. In December 2025, the agency called back employees who worked ...

Under the Trump administration, hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers remain stuck in a backlog of applications for an affordable repayment plan or debt forgiveness, a new court filing shows ...

While Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is being lambasted by GOP critics for efforts to whittle down a backlog of criminal cases, records show she is following the example of another top ...