In liberal Buncombe County, elected officials have watched the state shrink their powers over detention and immigration. Now that looms large over the March race for district attorney.

This article is part of our coverage of how a pending Supreme Court case on the Voting Rights Act may affect local political power; read our earlier article on Tennessee. It was published in a ...

The U.S. Postal Service began piloting a cost-cutting plan in 2023 to remove the machines that sort and postmark mail from local offices and instead consolidate mail processing in regional centers. As ...

Governors Lujan Grisham and Moore signed laws barring local sheriffs and police from partnering with ICE’s 287(g) program, ...

Jacob Biba is a freelance journalist in North Carolina. He previously worked at the Asheville Citizen Times where he reported on Hurricane Helene, healthcare, politics and local government.

Volunteers with the League of Women Voters of Florida are often seen at farmers markets, book clubs, parades, and other gathering places, collecting petitions and raising awareness on new campaigns.

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 ...

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 ...

Don’t miss a record-breaking supreme court race, mayoral contests all over the map, congressional special elections in Florida, and more. Also on the menu in April: There are several mayoral contests ...

In the nearly three decades Barry Jones spent on Arizona’s death row, he often contemplated how he would die. A series of failed appeals to prove his innocence had culminated with the U.S. Supreme ...