Voting Rights
Kris Kobach once spearheaded the GOP’s plot to block the vote, with Trump’s support. Now, after a devastating court defeat, his own party has started to turn on him.
By Matthew Chapman - April 30, 2018
A federal judge found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for ignoring her previous orders. And she ordered him to pay the ACLU’s legal fees stemming from the hearings.
By Alison R. Parker - April 18, 2018
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel suggested that blocking voters from the polls won the election for Republicans. And he’s proud that he helped.
By Matthew Chapman - April 16, 2018
Now that the court had ordered fair elections in Pennsylvania, Rep. Ryan Costello is too afraid to run for re-election.
By Matthew Chapman - March 26, 2018
Republicans in Kentucky wanted to make it harder to vote. They failed.
By Matthew Chapman - March 13, 2018
Trying to score political points by chasing voter fraud in court, Kris Kobach became a laughing stock this week instead.
By Eric Boehlert - March 09, 2018
Pat Toomey, the Republican senator from Pennsylvania, is adding fuel to his party’s fire in calls for impeaching judges.
By Kaili Joy Gray - February 21, 2018
Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Costello is desperate to keep his seat.
By Matthew Chapman - February 21, 2018
This is a shocking and dangerous assault on the judiciary.
By Kaili Joy Gray - February 05, 2018
A major defeat for Pennsylvania Republicans just increased Democrats chances of retaking the House.
By Eric Boehlert - February 05, 2018
The head of the committee to elect House Republicans admits that gerrymandering is keeping them all in their jobs.
By Matthew Chapman - January 30, 2018
For years, congressional elections in North Carolina have been completely uncompetitive. Republicans in the state legislature had rigged them with the most aggressive gerrymander in the country, packing Democrats together and spreading out Republicans to ensure the GOP would always win a majority of seats. But advocates of fair congressional representation won an enormous victory […]
By Matthew Chapman - January 09, 2018
Luna supports abortions bans with no exceptions for rape
By Jesse Valentine
Donald Trump is planning to release more details in the weeks ahead about how his administration would regulate access to medication abortion, according to comments he made during a lengthy interview with Time magazine published Tuesday.
By Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom
Dobson is the Republican candidate in what will be one of the most-watched House races of 2024.
By Jesse Valentine
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s claim to not know about the millions an Akron utility spent supporting his 2018 campaign for governor simply isn’t credible, an Ohio political scientist said in a recent interview. A spokesperson for DeWine pushed back. FirstEnergy provided that support, then spent more than $60 million to pass and protect a $1.3 billion ratepayer-financed […]
By Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal
Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
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Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today
Former President Trump has said he wants to do away with the popular health care law.
By Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A bill that would improve health care access for Missouri women almost died in the House after some lawmakers conflated birth control legislation with abortion medication
By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent
Lake opposed a bipartisan border security bill that was backed by border patrol agents
By Jesse Valentine
Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, is challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Ken Calvert.
By Jesse Valentine
Ashcroft has criticized other campaigns for relying on out-of-state donors
By Jesse Valentine