Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due ...

Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across ...

Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country ...

Republicans have dominated Missouri’s legislature for over two decades, but they haven’t entirely controlled state lawmaking, ...

Georgia held a statewide election on July 15 of this year, but in Miller County, where just under 6,000 people live near the border with Alabama, you’d be forgiven for having absolutely no idea. The ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had to win over a far larger electorate than her predecessors; more Angelenos took part in choosing their mayor in 2022 than in the two prior mayoral elections combined.

Across ten states, voters will decide the leadership of major cities and directly weigh in on funding parks and “democracy vouchers.” They may flip legislative seats, too. Out of 40 special elections ...

The water system that provides for the entire Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota has been contaminated with dangerous levels of manganese that have made the water undrinkable since May. For Lonna ...

In late March, women who had suffered severe pregnancy complications and were forced to leave Texas for care sat in the state Senate chamber and implored Texas lawmakers not to make such situations ...

When Australia holds its federal elections on Saturday, it’ll do so with the requirement that all eligible citizens head to the polls and vote. If they don’t, the Australian Electoral Commission will ...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is running for a third term on May 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Plenty of what’s on the ballot this May ties into national politics: JD Vance’s half-brother; ...

Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome. Michigan’s supreme court ruled last week that it is unconstitutional to impose an automatic sentence ...