Deputies in Tarrant County put the thumbprint of a man who was brain dead on his release form, highlighting how jails scramble to keep deaths from being investigated. His family, organizers, and a ...

Supporters of Eileen Higgins, a candidate for Miami mayor, outside Miami City Hall in November 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have ...

Raul Lara, a construction worker from the small town of Stanwood, is eager to weigh in as Iowa elects its new governor next week. “I just want somebody to run the damn state correctly,” he says. He ...

This story is part of Bolts’ series on sheriffs in the run-up to the midterms; read more on Maryland, North Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin. When New York legislators approved the state budget ...

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Chicago’s mayoral race and the election to control the Wisconsin supreme court are grabbing national headlines this week. But many other races will be decided on April 4. These include mayoral ...

We’re tracking elections across 12 states. Virginia and Wisconsin have statewide contests, school board races test conservative messaging, and parties battle to control cities, counties, and even ...

Voters in Lewiston, Maine, here pictured in 2022, will decide a competitive state House seat critical to control of the state government this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Democrats hold the ...

When Washington state voters approved new gun control rules in 2018, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce them because they believed them to be unconstitutional, prompting warnings from ...

When the Culver City Unified School District hit a budget crisis in 2025, students say they suffered but had no say in the changes that were coming as the school board cut millions of dollars and more ...

When Danny Tarkenton learned that federal agents had shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, she felt concerned that her local officials would not push back should ...