It takes effort to be an informed citizen. Artificial intelligence tools offer an alluring shortcut — but they’re not without risk. By Jennifer Medina Mia Taylor looked down at her Los Angeles County ...

Mississippi has a new voting law called the SHIELD Act that took effect on July 1, 2026. While most voters won’t notice any changes when they go to vote on Election Day, the law does change the voter ...

Galveston County Commissioners voted Monday to redraw precinct boundaries after hearing more than two hours of comments from residents who said the decision would gut minority representation and ...

Haslet’s Heritage Baptist Church members voted Sunday evening not to reinstate pastor Eric Crawford, who stepped down from his position in March after his son was discovered to be a registered sex ...

WASHINGTON — Taking up a new case touching on Republican warnings about alleged election fraud, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether Arizona rules requiring voters to show proof of ...

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Minneapolis voters do not have to wait for August to weigh in on the 2026 state primary. Early voting opened Friday, June 26, and the city's Early Vote Center is already taking in-person ballots for ...

Texas 250: Who Shaped Texas is Chron's swing at telling the story of Texas since America's birth in 1776. We've come up with a list of 250 people—Texas natives and those who made their mark right here ...

The U.S. Postal Service is considering a rule that would bar it from delivering absentee ballots in states that don’t bend to President Donald Trump’s will. From the time that President George ...

DETROIT — Yordan Alvarez was the only Houston Astros position player to reach the finalist round in All-Star Game fan voting this year, per results released Thursday by Major League Baseball. Alvarez ...

The discussion looked at the ranked-choice voting strategies used by Democrats and Republicans as well as potential ways to expedite the timeline for tabulating results. The Maine Monitor brought ...