A bill passed by lawmakers would not outright bar local contracts with ICE. But they could continue only if ICE accepts due ...

Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, voted to pull out of the sprawling surveillance network run by tech company ...

Election officials and community groups are holding education campaigns ahead of Washington D.C.’s first use of ranked choice ...

Matt Krause started his legislative career fighting to make it harder for Texans to get a divorce. Starting when he joined the Texas House in 2013, and continuing session after session since, the Fort ...

Years after voters amended the state's constitution to ban forced labor in prison, a court ruling could finally make Colorado ...

This article was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and The Intercept. Alan Miller had spent the six months leading up to his execution confined to his cell. Though Miller was never given an ...

The water system that provides for the entire Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota has been contaminated with dangerous levels of manganese that have made the water undrinkable since May. For Lonna ...

The violence of Trump’s immigration crackdown in cities across the country and the killing of protesters by federal agents have put pressure on local leaders to change their approach to federal ...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ decision to charge Donald Trump for trying to steal the 2020 presidential race will make Atlanta courtrooms a focal point of next year’s elections. But ...

As Houston officials prepped their annual budget two years ago, a staffer for city council member Abbie Kamin was taken aback while examining a contract the city was on the verge of approving. The ...

Seattle is poised to continue its experiment in public campaign financing. Voters on Tuesday renewed the city’s democracy vouchers program, which provides each adult Seattle resident with four $25 ...