Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across ...

Republicans have dominated Missouri’s legislature for over two decades, but they haven’t entirely controlled state lawmaking, ...

A pair of races are crystallizing issues with fair representation in Georgia: officials who stay in their seats years past ...

Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country ...

A petition circulator holds a sign to recall a San Francisco supervisor. The election is set for September. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Welcome to the month of recall elections.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had to win over a far larger electorate than her predecessors; more Angelenos took part in choosing their mayor in 2022 than in the two prior mayoral elections combined.

President Trump on Monday issued an executive order that purports to block federal funds from state and local governments that have moved away from cash bail in an effort to stop jailing people just ...

Sarah Trites, who is approaching her 60th birthday, has made a point to vote in every federal election since she turned 18. She worries her streak will end soon. That’s because of Question 1, a ...