Families of incarcerated people have long faced arbitrary denial of visits and harassment by prison staff. They advocated for ...

Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for ...

When Washington state voters approved new gun control rules in 2018, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce them because they believed them to be unconstitutional, prompting warnings from ...

The Trump administration plans to upend the census. They’re proposing to exclude noncitizens from the count that determines the distribution of congressional seats, a move that would subtract ...

The midterms will usher in a new cast of characters to oversee the next presidential race. They’ll decide how to answer Trump ...

When Danny Tarkenton learned that federal agents had shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, she felt concerned that her local officials would not push back should ...

A voting sign in California, which holds a huge list of major elections in June from governor to prosecutors and local ballot measures (AP Photo/Ashley Landis). June is full of clashes between flavors ...

We’re tracking elections across 12 states. Virginia and Wisconsin have statewide contests, school board races test conservative messaging, and parties battle to control cities, counties, and even ...

Editor’s note: On Sept. 14, the Supreme Court blocked the new USPS rule that would severely restrict mail voting. The decision removed a huge amount of uncertainty from the midterms, though the legal ...

Editor’s note: Arizonans rejected this ballot measure in November 2024. An initiative to protect abortion access in Arizona has gathered more signatures than it needs to make the November ballot. If ...

Conservative judges have chipped away at voting rights and put the Voting Rights Act through renewed stress over the last decade. They’re now set to gain new allies with the incoming Trump ...

Editor’s note: Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 960 on Sept. 29. For four years, Kelly Savage-Rodriguez helped women die in prison. As a volunteer comfort care worker at the Central ...