The US political system has been designed with guardrails against authoritarianism, but how powerful are these checks and ...

Republicans will maintained their supermajorities in Kentucky’s Legislature when the new session begins in January.

If Democrats are able to flip one seat, they will regain the power to hold up appointees needing confirmation votes, which they could use to negotiate legislative concessions.

Oregonians approved a measure to allow the Legislature to impeach statewide officeholders. Measure 115, ahead 63%-37% in ...

But those legislative leaders insist the question would violate the separation of powers defined by the Massachusetts Constitution, and a Tufts University analysis suggests the office could not ...

Wisconsin voters will decide which party controls the Legislature and whether to explicitly forbid foreign nationals from ...

It's nothing more than a liberal power grab designed ... down and draw state legislative and congressional districts to create a certain number of Democratic seats and a certain number of Republican ...

Democrats fielded candidates in every congressional and state legislative race in Duval County but Republicans turned back all the challenges and kept their advantage in representing county residents.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have established a citizen-led ...

Not all news from the gold and monetary fronts is bad. In fact, gold made a number of advancements in seven states, including exemptions from taxes and attempts ...

Joe Lombardo’s veto power moot — though several races are ... and Assembly seats that could determine party control of the legislative chambers going more Republicans’ way.

The Supreme Court ruled 8:1 that the central government lacks regulatory authority over industrial alcohol production, ...