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Texas Republican efforts to redraw the state's congressional boundaries have kicked off a redistricting arms race.
Democrats have argued that Republican lawmakers should use their majority to pass laws aimed at preventing another ...
Redistricting battles in Texas, Ohio, and California will likely determine control of the House during the 2026 midterm elections.
Texas lawmakers begin a special session Monday. Republicans want to redraw congressional districts in order to skew voting results so the GOP wins more seats. Trump favors the idea.
State courts certainly exist in Texas, but serve to cement egregious GOP power grabs, not prevent them. Despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s midnight-drunkard ramblings that his state might ...
The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...
Sen. Mike Lee’s public lands sell-off rider, meant to be part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” is officially dead. But using ...
Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did ...
Some Republicans also signaled opposition, setting up a political clash as the budget process moves forward. ‘Good news’ for fast-growing Nevada city The majority of land in the House provision is in ...
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah’s third-party political parties – the United Utah Party and Utah Forward Party – announced their intention to merge into a single party. The two groups would form to ...
Utah News Dispatch is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. Will Utah get new congressional maps?
Utah lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country as Republicans seek to curb the political influence of unions serving ...