But in the last several weeks, the once-arcane subject of redistricting — underpinned by Texas Democrats’ extraordinary exodus from their state to block Republican plans to redraw maps — has ...

Plus, an NBC News analysis found young men with bachelor's degrees are more likely to be unemployed than college-educated young women and high-school-educated young men.

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Republicans believe population increases in red states, such as Texas, would offset losses from not counting immigrants who ...

A years-in-the-making ordinance overhauling the Chicago Police Department’s search warrant policy could at last get over the ...

Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking a rare third term and has been on the campaign trail for more than a month. Three high-profile ...

Several high-profile politicians have fueled 2028 presidential race speculation by making a stop in the Granite State this year.

Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are vying to be the tougher candidate on Democratic lawmakers who left ...

After the 1990 general election, the state of Illinois found itself in a predicament. Democrats controlled the House and ...

By CLARENCE PAGE Gee, what’s happened to the “silly season” of U.S. politics? That’s what many of us in the daily journalism ...

Texas House Democrats will end their weeks-long standoff Tuesday and return to Austin. Democrats in the Texas House of ...