With only two declared candidates in the race for Manhattan borough president, it appears to be shaping up as a classic East ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the ...

State Sen. Stephen Chan was sworn in to represent southern Brooklyn's 17th Senate District, becoming the first Asian-American ...

Nassau legislators serve two-year terms and there are no term limits. Other countywide offices, including that of the county ...

State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-C-Rome and the New York State Senate Republican Conference recently unveiled “Liberate New York,” ...

H ere is how our House members and New York’s two senators voted on select issues during the legislative week ending Jan. 24, ...

A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia is seeking another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act, asking a federal appeals court on Thursday to interpret the 1965 law in a way that could make ...

Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...

WASHINGTON — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. With America’s population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from reliably ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was sponsored with bipartisan support, passed through Congress at the end of December, with a 76-20 vote in the Senate. The law has received mixed responses ...