When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state's congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of ...

The Supreme Court noted that partisan gerrymandering claims could continue to be decided in state courts under their own ...

Key maps from the Texas General Land Office are now collected in a book published by University of Texas Press ...

DataPulse Research and BuchhaltungsButler report a significant disparity in state income taxes for middle-class earners, ...

Republicans are increasingly bullish they can whittle away at the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as Democrats renew a long-shot ...

Second Harvest Food Bank, the largest anti-hunger organization in Louisiana, has eliminated 25 positions, or 14% of its ...

This would eliminate the most common path people and civil rights groups use to sue under a key provision of the 60-year-old ...

WalletHub ranked each US state and D.C. by the quality of education and safety of public schools. How did Mississippi score?

The order guarantees voters, at least for now, the ability to sue to enforce rights guaranteed under the landmark 1965 law.

Native American tribes in North Dakota challenged a state legislative map they said dilutes their voting power. An appeals ...

The Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling that barred minority groups from suing for discriminatory voting rules under ...

The Supreme Court has extended a pause, for now, on a lower court ruling that struck down a key tool for protecting minority ...