As state legislatures convene, they face the same political polarization seen in Congress. Some are in near-deadlock.

Clerks must wait until the morning of Election Day to begin processing ballots and counting votes, even if they were received weeks earlier. Two strategies are being considered to change ...

Votebeat reporters looking ahead at 2025 expect movement on issues such as noncitizen voting, budgets for elections, and ...

Trump’s Cabinet nominations will be a critical first test signaling whether American democracy will survive his second term.

When she went to Washington and took the oath of office to become a member of Congress last week, Kristen McDonald Rivet didn ...

When the sun falls from the darkening Washington, DC, sky, the electric crowd at Howard University appears certain it will ...

The Marquette Area Public Schools Board of Education appointed a new member and appointed executive positions during its most ...

In solidarity with Detroit Lions, Saginaw and Bay City police don a new shade of blue With the Detroit Lions ...

Michigan’s Legislature now has divided control for the first time since 2010. For years, Republicans controlled the state Senate and the state House. Then, in the 2022 elections, Democrats won control ...

President-elect Donald Trump gained new voters in 2024. Would those same voters support a JD Vance presidential bid in 2028?

Across the spectrum of American society, leaders who once shunned Trump or battled him are now seeking to bolster their ties or extend olive branches.