Politics
Polarized politics has changed the dynamics of legislation and policymaking at the state and local level. Political parties with supermajorities are increasingly in control in many states and cities. These stories explain what that means for legislators, governors and mayors and how politicians can navigate this new political landscape.
Andrew Cuomo avoided the mistakes that kept his father from reaching his full potential. But then he found other mistakes to make.
Chaz Nuttycombe started making election predictions as a kid. He's turned the pursuit into a business that pros rely on.
Arizona is the only state to require all jurisdictions to livestream ballot processing, but there are other places to watch.
After years under progressive measures aimed to reduce incarceration, California, Arizona and Colorado voters will all decide measures aimed at cracking down on crime.
Despite the fact that more than 76 million Americans had already voted in this year’s election as of Sunday, a patchwork of vote-counting rules, particularly in battleground states, will likely delay Election Night results.
Public service videos featuring election officials and voices from law enforcement and the military stress the importance of secure elections — and that interference will be punished.
After the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Congress enacted the Electoral Count Reform Act, which mandates that states choose their electors on Election Day. This is the first election with the new law.
Vote NO on Prop One, a shadow group registered as a ballot issue committee against New York state’s Proposition 1, has spent nearly $5 million on misinformation ads for radio, television and streaming services.
Amid an especially tense and unprecedented cycle, Pittsburgh schools are using the election as a way to energize students about civics education.
Once considered a conservative stronghold, new boundaries extending into King and Snohomish counties are altering the political landscape.
Red-state voters have approved a number of liberal ballot measures in recent years. Now, liberal California is moving the other way. And two prosecutors fired by Ron DeSantis in Florida are running to get their old jobs back.
Voters in Massachusetts have an opportunity to open the door to personal and therapeutic use of plant-based psychedelics.
Democrats look likely to hold the three open governor seats they currently control. There's not a lot of fertile ground for making inroads elsewhere.
They should be encouraged to exercise their rights as citizens. It’s good for building the local-government workforce, and it enriches the community and the professional environment.
On Jan. 7, 2021, allies of former President Trump walked into Coffee County’s election office and allegedly copied confidential software and files that could be used to undermine an election. Now the investigation has been paused.
Republicans are defending eight of the 11 governor's offices up this year, but Democrats still have little chance for pickups.
The November election could boost Native representation in the state’s legislature.
Like his father, the city’s longest-serving mayor combined preternatural instincts with sheer audacity. Sometimes Richard M. Daley overreached, but he left his city better than he found it.
Oakland and Alameda County, Calif., are holding unusual overlapping recall elections, with two top officials both facing complaints that they have been too soft on crime.
A new task force made up of several county law enforcement agencies is tasked with keeping voters safe.
39 South Carolina counties will choose a coroner this election.
Cherelle Parker is the 100th mayor of Philadelphia and the first woman to hold the job. She has forged ahead on her first-year agenda, but some constituencies feel left out.
State Sen. Rob Sampson’s concerns about the state’s election security have risen again after a noncitizen was allowed to register to vote in Bridgeport. But election officials across the state assure election integrity.
It’s an emerging form of grassroots activism that could have a big impact, from educating voters to calling out political shenanigans.
Michigan voters are in the crosshairs of hundreds of millions of dollars in political advertising ahead of the November election. But deciphering what claims are true isn’t always easy.
Nearly 6,000 legislative seats are up but real competition is only taking place in a handful of states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Voters in Colorado, Kentucky and Nebraska have school choice questions on the November ballot.
The California city was an early adopter of the election format but after clerical errors in the general election two years ago, local residents are ready to ditch the method despite its growing popularity nationwide.
There are more ways to vote for mayor of Portland this November than there are people in the state of Oregon. Nearly 100 people are running for City Council.
When residents head to the polls on Nov. 5, they will be voting under new legislative maps that are expected to create near-equal chances that either party will gain control of the Legislature.
Utah state Senate President Pro Tempore Wayne Harper was selected to lead the National Conference of State Legislatures. The bipartisan organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
