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Latinas hold more state legislature seats than ever before

Sade Elhawary, left, cheers during her campaign kickoff for 2024 for California Assembly District 57

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Are local officials duty-bound to certify elections? Arizona ruling creates new doubt

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd, center, bows her head in prayer during the inauguration of the Southern Arizona Regional Border Operations Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

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Trump is targeting sanctuary cities. But what is a sanctuary city, anyway?

People hold signs in support of sanctuary city mayors outside the U.S. capitol, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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Texas lawmakers hear concerns about bill to require proof of citizenship for voting

A voting site is seen within the SpaceX projects area in Brownsville, Texas, on May 3, 2025.

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How one city scrambled to resolve a tied election vote

Close up of three wooden dice on a desktop, one in sharp focus, with a gray background.

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Yes, politics is worsening people's mental health—Here's what the data shows

A custom illustration showing concepts of anxiety and panic stemming from reading news online.

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Beyond the COVID dashboard: How local governments are continuing to invest in public data initiatives

A woman wearing a mask while on a computer.

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Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail

A closeup on a judge's gavel, money and handcuffs on a wooden table.

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How Meagan Wolfe navigates intense scrutiny to make elections and her peers stronger

Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, left, during a Elections Commissions meeting.

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Summary of Trump's first-term executive orders on the administrative state that Biden repealed in 2021

Donald Trump signing an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC back in January 23, 2017.

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Texas lawmakers are mostly silent on addressing threats to ballot secrecy

Poll workers return voting equipment to central county station workers.

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Lending program for natural disaster relief is on a Project 2025 chopping block

Workers at the Small Business Administration’s Business Recovery Center in Maryland talking to Governor Wes Moore.

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The true, massive cost of Trump's mass deportation plans

Trump at a campaign rally at McCamish Pavilion on October 28, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Michigan managed to speed up election results, but some things just take time

Poll workers count ballots at the conclusion of Election Day at the Warren City Hall in Warren, Michigan on November 5, 2024.