Tod Simons, the Democrat running to represent parts of the City of Oswego and surrounding rural areas, recently retired after ...

Proposals to pipe Missouri River water to drought-prone Western states are raising concerns downstream, opening another front ...

About one-third of states enacted major housing reforms in 2026, easing zoning restrictions, parking requirements and ...

Dozens of ballot measures seek to stop, slow or permit data center expansion in local communities.

That’s how much a billionaire-backed group spent in the past week to defeat California’s Proposition 40, a one-time, 5 percent wealth tax. It’s more than the $32.7 million the main campaign for the ...

A proposed law would restrict dog breeding, shorten shelter holding periods and expand sterilization authority as the city ...

Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa is looking to use Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s all-out push for school choice against him at ...

Washington has the most generous grace period, accepting mail ballots until Nov. 23. As postal service cuts have created ...

A Democratic Congress would try to unravel many of President Donald Trump’s moves to change the balance of governmental power ...

Democratic victories in several key Pennsylvania races could be enough to flip control of the House. The stakes are high, but ...

Montana is in the forefront of a movement to use state powers to fix the problem unleashed by the Supreme Court.

Just two years after voters overturned a near-total abortion ban, a new ballot measure could reinstate sweeping restrictions ...