Elections
Covering topics such as governors, legislatures, local government, redistricting and voting.
The circumstances have to be right, and real urban change agents know not to promise the impossible.
Transportation funding fights and limited progress on core priorities have dented the governor’s popularity, setting up a risky re-election year.
Laws targeting the practice have been a mess. It benefits both businesses and consumers, and pricing decisions should be left to market forces.
Democrats and Republicans disagree over whether a special election upset in Tarrant County points to broader shifts ahead of November.
Across the U.S., lawmakers are introducing a wave of bills that would either restrict or support federal immigration enforcement.
State officials say federal agents violated Minnesota law, blocked investigators and left a crime scene unsecured, deepening a rift with the Trump administration.
How people feel about where they live is an overlooked factor in engaging them in civic life. There are ways to boost those feelings.
Public officials can make the greatest difference when they focus on their communities’ housing, transportation and utility costs.
New governors in Virginia and New Jersey signed executive orders aimed at lowering costs.
Joe DiVincenzo has served as county executive for Essex County, N.J., since 2003. He's become a power broker in Democratic state politics even while working with and endorsing some Republicans.
It’s important to give renters a stronger voice. And we need to make big bets on new ways to build.
States will be scrambling to manage new priorities and demands from Washington, tighten their belts in a tough budget cycle and respond to federal frameworks on AI regulation.
Billions of dollars are at stake. With new federal rules, it’s up to state lawmakers to ensure that programs like food stamps serve those in need without wasting taxpayer dollars.
A national repository of personal information the federal government is seeking poses serious dangers. Americans should be free to speak out without fear that their data will be used to target them for retaliation.
Thirty-six states will hold gubernatorial elections this year, with at least 21 incumbents term-limited or not running for another term.
New York’s 51-member city council unanimously selected Julie Menin as its next speaker. She could help determine the prospects for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ambitious agenda.
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