Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to win a two-year extension of mayoral control and a longer timeline for implementing the ...

Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer said Thursday she's optimistic Democrats will win a trifecta in November.

Partisan control of at least eight legislative chambers across the country is up for grabs this November, battles that will go a long way in determining the fate of a litany of hot-button issues ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, recognizes legislative candidates. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, recognizes ...

Hear more about the state takeover of the police department on The 314 Podcast. The bill to return control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to a board appointed by Missouri’s governor ...

Minnesota Democrats staged an overnight sit-in and planed to do so into Saturday as part of a last-ditch effort to advance a ...

A special election in a small Michigan swing district on Tuesday could have outsized consequences, determining whether ...

The dome of the Massachusetts State House. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Ballot questions about rent control, all-party state primaries and funding for water and nature conservancy are among those expected to ...

A former Democratic Washington state governor said Democrats steering the state are spending too much. Christine Gregoire, ...

Each election, we see names on the ballot most voters know little about. Often, voters may not even understand the office being sought. These candidates usually don’t line the roads with signs. They ...