The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and ...

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Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas.

At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with ...

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A petition circulator holds a sign to recall a San Francisco supervisor. The election is set for September. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Welcome to the month of recall elections.

Seattle is poised to continue its experiment in public campaign financing. Voters on Tuesday renewed the city’s democracy vouchers program, which provides each adult Seattle resident with four $25 ...

The Texas legislature began meeting in a special session last week to adopt a new congressional map that will, they hope, provide additional seats to the GOP in next year’s midterms. On Wednesday, ...

The water system that provides for the entire Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota has been contaminated with dangerous levels of manganese that have made the water undrinkable since May. For Lonna ...

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 ...