Elections
Covering topics such as governors, legislatures, local government, redistricting and voting.
A proposed map would converge three congressional seats at one Kansas City intersection, raising fears of diluted urban representation and legal battles ahead.
We need a holistic approach that not only gets firearms out of the hands of people with elevated risk of violence but also addresses issues such as income inequality, health disparities and poorly performing schools.
Donald Trump’s remarks at a recent rally in Texas and polling results, in which a growing number of respondents justify violence against the government, keep last year’s Capitol riot in the spotlight.
A landmark California environmental justice law was supposed to clean the air in 15 key communities, but it’s hard to say if it’s worked.
Phoenix’s new Urban Agriculture Fellowship Program will pair nine residents between the ages of 18 to 24 with local farms and pay them to work and study under some of the most knowledgeable growers in Arizona.
A Washington state bill that would create an office to address homeless encampments around state-owned rights of way passed its first committee vote last Wednesday. There are 871 homeless camps documented in Seattle.
The Secretary of State’s office is now reviewing the actions of a third county clerk, Douglas County’s Merlin Klotz, for allegedly breaching election security protocols. The previous two clerks were from Elbert and Mesa counties.
The Oceanside Police Department faced a problem: It couldn’t reliably share drone video feeds with the officers who needed them for critical situational awareness. But Zoom quickly changed that.
The proposed office would not have authority to crack down on “ghost” candidates or dark money campaigns because the state prosecutors and state ethics commission already handle campaign finance violations, officials say.
A joint Assembly hearing focused on the state’s 11 ports and the exporters they serve and how the global shipping crisis has hurt the state’s farming interests. Due to the immensity of the problem, there must be many solutions.
The Illinois county’s eight-month review of a ransomware attack on its computer systems last spring has found that hackers may have been able to view or acquire personal or medical information on more than 600 residents and non-residents.
Despite arriving first in affluent areas, Los Angeles County’s communities of color soon had the highest rate of COVID-19 cases. Only about 52 percent of Black and Latino residents are vaccinated.
One of Gov. Kate Brown’s priorities last year was to incentivize the expansion of semiconductor manufacturing in Oregon. But the industry appears to have overlooked the state so far.
Partisan control of most chambers has stayed the same since 2010. Don’t look for many red or blue states to change their colors in the coming decade.
West Virginia lawmakers approved the lifting of the nuclear power ban. But debate continues over the human health criteria for wastewater discharges, continuing discussions from last year’s session.
Progressives dislike its regressivity, but states and localities depend heavily on the revenue. Some reformers’ eyes are on taxing luxuries and digital intangibles — NFTs, anyone? — but that presents its own problems.
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