After years of a near-full blockade on parole, Alabama is now releasing more people. But grants remain low, prisons are ...

Some 30 years ago, volunteers with Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign knocked on Patty Hernandez’s door in Denver.

In a populous city in southeast Virginia, a Republican sheriff who calls himself “Detain ’Em Dave” faces a race to the right ...

Democratic U.S. Representatives Mikie Sherrill, left, and Abigail Spanberger are running for governor. Spanberger is running uncontested in Virginia’s primary while Sherrill faces five opponents in ...

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Latoria George’s home was in bad shape. The apartment in Baton Rouge, where she’d lived for four years, had no heat and no ...

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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 ...

Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in ...

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 ...