This month for the first time, 16- and 17-year olds will help decide Newark’s school board members thanks to a measure passed ...

A Democratic candidate who railed against Elon Musk and his spending cuts flipped an ancestrally Republican district in ...

The biggest name in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election belonged to neither of its candidates, but to Elon Musk, who ...

The takeover returns St. Louis to a Civil War-era arrangement of state control. A local official calls the move "a clear ...

Louisiana leaders want more leeway to charge kids as adults. A measure on the March 29 ballot would enable lawmakers to move ...

Faced with popular initiatives to protect abortion rights and other measures they dislike, state Republicans are passing new bills that local advocates say will hollow out direct democracy. Organizers ...

Prisons across the United States run on incarcerated labor. People behind bars cook food, sew clothes, clean facilities, manufacture goods, and even work in dangerous industries like agriculture and ...

Editor’s note: The Utah governor signed House Bill 300 into law on March 26. An old-fashioned, four-legged polling booth is on display in the lobby of the Salt Lake County clerk’s office. Its metal ...