An outside security firm already had been hired before the commissioners voted publicly to approve a contract.

The DOJ referred follow-up questions to its public affairs office in Washington. The judge extended the temporary restraining order in this case until Friday while she works on her ruling.

The limited stay pending appeal mirrors one issued by a federal court in Maryland and won't effect a preliminary injunction ...

Separately, the federal judge presiding over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the government wrongly deported to El ...