Martin Gottlieb is a retired editorial writer and columnist for the Dayton Daily News. The importance of the fight over the drawing of congressional districts can hardly be overstated. Democracy is ...

With Democrats lining up for a bare-knuckle match on redistricting, Gov. Gavin Newsom has offered President Trump a cease-fire proposal: No redrawing congressional maps in red states and California ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California's new redistricting plan that could slash five Republican-held House seats to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map. Lawmakers in the state ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, July 30, signed an executive order which gives local governments the ability to limit Senate Bill 9 development in very high fire-hazard severity zones with the Eaton and ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is ready to fight "fire with fire" as state Republican lawmakers try to enact redistricting in Texas, opposing the move though promising to pursue similar measures ...

At least four wildfires are burning on thousands of acres in western Colorado, and a fifth is on the verge of crossing into the state from Utah, fire officials said Sunday. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ...

The Lee Fire near Meeker is now over 116,000 acres, fire maps show, and has surpassed the Spring Creek Fire of 2018 as the state's fifth-largest wildfire. Over 1,000 firefighters and a dozen aircraft ...

After a two-week standoff with Democrats in the state legislature, on Aug. 21, 2025, Texas House Republicans approved a new state congressional map designed to give Republicans an advantage by at ...

ASHWOOD, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Days of cooler weather have helped hundreds of firefighters battling the nearly 96,000-acre Cram Fire, where containment has reached 77% and more evacuation levels were lowered ...