Voting and election administration became contentious topics after 2020. This time, years of preparation, efforts to improve ...

For decades, young people chose to move to cities and large metros for greater opportunity. Since the pandemic, that ...

Local officials are sorting out the impacts from the approval of 16 propositions. Voters rejected salary increases for councilmembers, tightened term limits and streamlined pathways to sue officials.

Arizona is the only state to require all jurisdictions to livestream ballot processing, but there are other places to watch.

There once was a Texas sugar plantation where cane fields stretched as far as the eye could see, and enslaved people—primarily African Americans—toiled away in the heat. In time, the plantation grew ...

Chaz Nuttycombe started making election predictions as a kid. He's turned the pursuit into a business that pros rely on.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a $62 million investment in revitalizing downtown Pittsburgh. Other cities, like ...

Republicans took control of the Michigan House and will share power in the Minnesota House, blocking the home-state agenda of Gov. Tim Walz.

After years under progressive measures aimed to reduce incarceration, California, Arizona and Colorado voters will all decide ...

A half-dozen states rejected ranked-choice voting, although Washington, D.C., approved a measure. School choice fared poorly, while increasing criminal penalties proved to be popular.

After a decade of increasing popularity among endowment funds and pensions, its use in investment decisions is coming under increasing political attack. Financial analysts — and perhaps AI — may be ...

Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte is leading in the New Hampshire race. There's no sign of a partisan flip anywhere in the country so far.