Two Republican legislators have proposed legislation that would prevent local governments from enacting “rights of nature” ordinances — laws that grant natural entities legal rights — claiming that su ...

Michigan has independent redistricting and a divided state government that pretty much take it out of the fight over congressional maps before 2026.

Though ranked choice voting is effectively prohibited under current state law, the bill seeks to explicitly ban the voting ...

California's Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own. Texas Republicans passed a map creating five new winnable seats ...

What is unusual this year is the Republican-controlled House, unlike the Democratic-led Senate, has not yet proposed and approved a full spending plan, a step that typically has been taken in the ...

The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of protests by Democrats ...

A group representing local governments across Michigan is calling on state lawmakers to set aside $800 million over the next five years to help spur affordable housing projects, predicting the cash ...

A Republican bill to ban ranked choice voting in the state of Michigan, which was introduced in the House of Representatives last month and pushed through committee Tuesday after just one hearing, was ...

A key Republican legislator announced Tuesday that the Michigan House of Representatives’ full budget plan could land as soon ...

As students start school this year, 17 states and the District of Columbia are imposing new cellphone restrictions ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco granted the emergency stay pending an appeal as immigrants rights advocates allege that the administration acted unlawfully in ending Temporary ...

Trump followed up Pulte’s accusation by calling on Cook to resign, in the latest effort by the administration to exert greater control over one of the few remaining independent agencies in Washington.