As Alabama keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.

The local sheriff ended his county’s Flock partnership, just hours after Governor Ron DeSantis ditched the technology. They’re part of a growing group of GOP leaders turning against Flock.

Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.

The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.

The success of Measure 1 brings back campaign contribution limits after a court ruling ended them. But the reform can

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Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

Gov. Newsom signs a new law will give incarcerated firefighters a leg up when applying to entry-level jobs with Cal Fire.

Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.

Local election board members across North Carolina have promoted conspiracy theories, including the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from President Donald Trump. Some who shared false claims even chair county election boards, which make important decisions about Sunday voting, polling locations and voting hours. Traditionally, election administration in North Carolina was largely […]

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Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

Voters face a stark choice between two candidates in the race for city attorney, an office with a large mandate from policing homelessness to enforcing consumer and tenant protections.

People who lost parental rights pass a bill helped reform California

Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.

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Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.

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Ballot measures in Missouri and Montana would strengthen citizen-led initiatives. Democracy advocates in each state are going on the offense after facing years of attack.

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

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Plus, an overlooked Los Angeles race could reshape the city

Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted

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Voters face a stark choice between two candidates in the race for city attorney, an office with a large mandate from policing homelessness to enforcing consumer and tenant protections.

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...

Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.

Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

Alabama said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.

The California Supreme Court ruled Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election.

North Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade.

Voters face a stark choice between two candidates in the race for city attorney, an office with a large mandate from policing homelessness to enforcing consumer and tenant protections.

LA's next top prosecutor will wield broad power over homelessness, policing, tenant protections and lawsuits against the city.

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

Ballot measures in Missouri and Montana would strengthen citizen-led initiatives. Democracy advocates in each state are going on the offense after facing years of attack.

The local sheriff ended his county’s Flock partnership, just hours after Governor Ron DeSantis ditched the technology. They’re part of a growing group of GOP leaders turning against Flock.

Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

Voters face a stark choice between two candidates in the race for city attorney, an office with a large mandate from policing homelessness to enforcing consumer and tenant protections.

Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

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Over nearly a decade in office, Burlington’s chief prosecutor Sarah George has pursued a platform of restorative justice and dialing back low-level prosecutions.