NAMPA, Idaho — It’s taco night at the Lindskoog household in this suburban community 20 miles west of Boise. Nate Lindskoog has seasoned the red meat sizzling in his cast-iron skillet with a mixture o...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A warm breeze blew past Colleen Coyle Mathis and her husband, Christopher, as they lounged on the back porch of their Spanish Colonial Revival-style house one evening earlier this mont...

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah — At the end of a labyrinth of red dirt roads and surrounded by the rusty cliffs of nearby mesas, Marthleen and Shuan Stephenson live on an isolated desert homestead on the spraw...

First responders and law enforcement agents have for decades used simulations to train for mass casualty events such as shootings or natural disasters. But in recent years, as mass shootings have beco...

As homeless encampments continue to dot urban landscapes — strewn around parks, along sidewalks, lining highways or sometimes abutting schools — many cities have increased their sweeps, some governors...

Greater Idaho has seen a success that other secessionist movements, regionally and in states such as California and Illinois, never reached. If supporters here achieve their goal, it could mean a para...

GRAYLING, Mich. — Clairene Jorella was furious. In the northern stretches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, the Crawford County Board of Canvassers had just opened its meeting to certify the August prima...

Michigan's part-time clerks, who are trained every four years and have limited resources in running elections, are at a breaking point.

Milton Kidd has a very dangerous job: He is the elections and voter registration director for Douglas County.

New York state’s highest court struck down a New York City’s statute that would have allowed 800,000 noncitizens to vote in mayoral, city council and school board elections.New York City was one of ar...

Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the he...

Eight states have enacted their own local versions of the federal Voting Rights Act. These laws pose problems of fairness, practicality and constitutionality.

Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the he...

The use of red flag laws is on the rise, offering a powerful tool to prevent gun violence by temporarily removing firearms from people deemed a threat to themselves or others.

Testing constitutional limits, Republicans in at least 15 states have introduced legislation this year that would require the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms.

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.

There’s an emerging blue-state nightmare: Inspired by President Donald Trump’s call to round up immigrants who are in the country illegally, red-state governors might start sending their National Guar...

There’s an emerging blue-state nightmare: Inspired by President Donald Trump’s call to round up immigrants who are in the country illegally, red-state governors might start sending their National Guar...

While officials in Southern California fought fire and falsehoods, Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — announced it would eliminate its fact-checking program in the name of free expr...

While officials in Southern California fought fire and falsehoods, Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — announced it would eliminate its fact-checking program in the name of free expr...

While officials in Southern California fought fire and falsehoods, Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — announced it would eliminate its fact-checking program in the name of free expr...

Amid a national rise in book bans in school libraries and new laws in some red states that threaten criminal penalties against librarians, a growing number of blue states are taking the opposite appro...

Karen Grant and fellow school librarians throughout New Jersey have heard an increasingly loud chorus of parents and conservative activists demanding that certain books — often about race, gender and ...

Amid a national rise in book bans in school libraries and new laws in some red states that threaten criminal penalties against librarians, a growing number of blue states are taking the opposite appro...

Lower courts are still figuring out the limits of a historical test for gun regulations and have not yet come to a broad agreement on key gun-related laws.

More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally expanded its interpretation of the Second Amendment, federal courts throughout the country continue to strike down state restrictions on ...

President-elect Donald Trump may have quieted his lies about widespread voter fraud after his win this month, but the impact of his effort to cast doubt on the integrity of American elections lingers ...

President-elect Donald Trump may have quieted his lies about widespread voter fraud after his win this month, but the impact of his effort to cast doubt on the integrity of American elections lingers ...

President-elect Donald Trump may have quieted his lies about widespread voter fraud after his win this month, but the impact of his effort to cast doubt on the integrity of American elections lingers ...

President-elect Donald Trump may have quieted his lies about widespread voter fraud after his win this month, but the impact of his effort to cast doubt on the integrity of American elections lingers ...

Voters in several states last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years.

Voters in several states, including Missouri, last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked-choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years. Ranked-choice...

Aside from a few hiccups, the U.S. voting process went smoothly this year.

Since winning the election, president-elect Donald Trump and his supporters have stopped undermining public confidence in elections