The Augusta County Board of Supervisors declared its opposition to the amendment that would divide the county into three ...

Florida is experiencing extreme drought, affecting 18.6 million residents. Burn bans are in effect, and wildfires are burning ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including State of the Union fallout and Texas primaries closing in.

Whether by law, referendum or special election, redistricting efforts are happening across the county. Utah, Florida, and New York, could be next.

The only thing moving more slowly than Providence’s recovery from the blizzard is its long climb out of a pension crisis ...

Maryland could easily have added one Democratic House district, but the state Senate president—a Democrat—wouldn’t let it happen.

Black Mississippians won a Voting Rights Act case that challenges how the state elects supreme court justices. But that ...

Florida was eager to join Donald Trump's redistricting push. But will a legal challenge stop the process and leave campaigns racing?

The "why" and "how" of the current redistricting proposal that's designed to give legislators temporary power to reshape the state's 11 congressional districts.

Baltimore County is on the cusp of potentially sweeping changes to its elected leadership in this year’s primary election, with a competitive Democratic primary for the county executive and ...

The Missouri Constitution already contains a prohibition against accepting foreign contributions. The penalty does not include a possible prison term but allows a civil penalty of up to five times the ...