Fearing political violence, more states ban firearms at polling places
This month, New Mexico joined at least 21 other states that ban guns where people vote.
By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline - March 22, 2024Elections
Democrat Daniel D. McCaffery and Republican Carolyn Carluccio face off.
By Anna Gustafson - October 19, 2023Pennsylvanians have until Nov. 7 to vote in municipal and judicial elections.
By Anna Gustafson - October 18, 2023Republican Danny Diggs, a former sheriff, said in 2019 that gun safety laws were unconstitutional and unenforceable.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2023The Republicans vying for the seat differ sharply with incumbent Democratic Rep. Susan Wild over reproductive rights and gun safety.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2023The newly elected state lawmaker plans to focus on affordable housing and reproductive rights after winning her special election.
By Anna Gustafson - October 11, 2023More than a fifth of GOP candidates have questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and some even joined the Jan. 6, 2021, ‘Stop the Steal’ rally.
By Josh Israel - October 09, 2023Abortion rights are on the ballot in November in Virginia legislative elections.
By Emily Singer - October 06, 2023A prominent Kentucky attorney said this was not a legitimate use of taxpayer money
By Josh Israel - October 06, 2023President Joe Biden spent the first 10 years of his life living in Scranton.
By Anna Gustafson - October 06, 2023Youngkin is under fire for taking $2 million from a top investor in TikTok.
By Josh Israel - October 05, 2023The Biden economic policies McCormick wants to scrap are boosting Pennsylvania’s infrastructure and spurring drug companies to negotiate to lower costs for older Americans.
By Josh Israel - October 04, 2023The former Detroit police chief opposes abortion rights and gun safety measures, and promoted Donald Trump’s election lies.
By Josh Israel - October 03, 2023President Joe Biden and Democratic groups are running ads against Donald Trump as Republicans struggle to overcome his inevitability as the Republican nominee.
By Emily Singer - October 02, 2023Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) once promised an all-electric commute.
By Josh Israel - September 29, 2023The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.
By Rebekah Sager - September 29, 2023A Republican majority in the state legislature could pass an abortion ban, but Gov. Glenn Youngkin's PAC says Democrats are ‘fearmongering’ on the issue.
By Josh Israel - September 28, 2023Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) was an 'iota' away from voting to impeach Donald Trump over his action on Jan. 6, but was scared he'd lose reelection if he did, according to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).
By Emily Singer - September 27, 2023The Mississippi governor’s plan would give hundreds of millions of dollars to hospitals, but would not expand Medicaid for low-income families.
By Josh Israel - September 26, 2023The pop star's Instagram post on National Voter Registration Day boosted sign-ups through the nonpartisan website Vote.org.
By Emily Singer - September 26, 2023Ken Griffin, the billionaire bankrolling McCormick's candidacy for US Senate in Pennsylvania, favors investment in China.
By Josh Israel - September 22, 2023After the Republican Attorneys General Association bankrolled Daniel Cameron’s political rise, he helped the group fundraise and served on its executive committee.
By Josh Israel - September 21, 2023Controlling the state House allows Democrats to block Republican efforts to ban abortion and claw back power from the governor.
By Emily Singer - September 20, 2023The Republican gubernatorial nominee, who once said he wanted to ban abortion in cases of rape or incest, now says he would allow those exceptions.
By Emily Singer - September 19, 2023A Democratic state lawmaker introduced a pair of bills that would make it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to intimidate a poll worker or election clerk.
By Emily Singer - September 18, 2023For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide partisan control of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
By Associated Press - September 18, 2023Nine men were convicted on charges connected with the plot, and now five have been cleared.
By Associated Press - September 17, 2023Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a lawsuit that Senate Republicans don't have the authority to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe and accused them of attacking the state's elections.
By Associated Press - September 16, 2023Virginia House of Delegates GOP nominee Peters said incorrectly that a 15-week abortion ban is widely popular in the commonwealth.
By Josh Israel - September 15, 2023Mark Harris has opposed the notion of women having careers and says Christian women should submit to their husbands.
By Josh Israel - September 13, 2023Dunnavant is facing Democrat Schuyler VanValkenburg in the election for Virginia's 16th state Senate District in November.
By Josh Israel - September 11, 2023