A new bill filed by Pensacola Republican Rep. Alex Andrade adds criminal penalties for panhandling in most circumstances and adds the potential for panhandling to be a felony. Andrade filed a new bill ...

Drivers in the Sunshine State might be accustomed to seeing faces with signs pleading for money and other help, but that may be a thing of the past as lawmakers try to clamp down on panhandling.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A video that appears to show a Lowcountry man being confronted by an organization on a livestream has raised questions about the enforcement of child solicitation laws in ...

On one solicitation letter, the word "ADVERTISEMENT" did not appear on the envelope as required and the physical address listed was not that of a law office, but of a UPS store, the New Jersey ...

Pointing to the First Amendment, voting-rights organizations urged a federal appeals court to reject part of a controversial Florida elections law that prevents groups from providing food and water to ...

“The commission is expressly charged with fashioning remedies for violations of ‘any’ applicable consumer protection law,” Judge Laura S. Ripken wrote for the court. (Submitted Photo) The Maryland ...

Everyone has been up in arms about Democrats in the state legislature refusing to include a provision in Assembly Bill 379 that would make it a felony to solicit a 16- or 17-year-old for sex – ...

An attempt to enact stricter rules about panhandling and street sales in Kelso highlights a tricky balance of free speech rights and limiting what one Kelso councilmember called aggressive ...

That included arguments by the groups that the additional solicitation restrictions violated the First Amendment because they are overbroad and vague. Florida has long had a law aimed at curbing ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Pointing to the First Amendment, voting-rights organizations Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to reject part of a controversial Florida elections law that prevents ...