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.

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 ...

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

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

Oklahoma City has invested the proceeds of a one-cent sales tax in dozens of projects in and around its downtown for the last ...

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

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

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

If it moves on Taiwan, it’s likely that China would try to distract the United States by attacking our water, power and communications systems. It’s already demonstrated those capabilities here, and ...

Major sources of federal support are about to expire. Investing money will save lives, so several states are stepping up ...