Elections

Proposal 3 flyers are situated in boxes on Nov. 6, 2022, in Dearborn, Mich. Voters in Michigan passed Prop 3, enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution.

This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures

4:42pm March 03, 2023

by Laura Benshoff

The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there's growing pushback from state lawmakers.

Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez studies past criminal cases his office has prosecuted, inside the county courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas in 2019.

These Texas DAs refused to prosecute abortion. Republican lawmakers want them stopped

11:53am March 03, 2023

by Bret Jaspers (KERA)

The Texas GOP is pushing a bill that would punish district attorneys who set a policy not to prosecute certain crimes. It comes after many said they wouldn't prosecute abortion cases following Dobbs.

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A Supreme Court justice's paragraph could mean weaker protections for voters of color

11:38pm March 02, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on some sentences to a 2021 ruling — planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.

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It'll be a runoff for Chicago's mayoral race — and the incumbent is out

12:24am March 02, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Laura Washington of The Chicago Tribune about the results of the Chicago mayoral election.

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The Minnesota State Capitol is seen in this 2022 file photo. Legislation sent to the governor would immediately restore voting access to thousands in the state.

Politics & Government

More states appear poised to expand voting access for people who were incarcerated

5:00am March 01, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

There are a number of state-level efforts to expand voting access to people with prior felony convictions. One measure is on the governor's desk in Minnesota.

In a $1.6 billion defamation suit, Dominion Voting Systems argues that Fox Corp. bosses Rupert Murdoch (left) and Lachlan Murdoch (right) were deeply involved in shaping editorial decisions at Fox News.

Politics & Government

Rupert Murdoch says Fox stars 'endorsed' lies about 2020. He chose not to stop them

11:43am February 28, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation case, Murdoch says he wishes Fox News had been "stronger in denouncing" false claims of election fraud. Fox says the lawsuit threatens journalists' free speech.

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World News

Nigeria's general election saw disorganization and violence

5:33pm February 27, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Results from the Nigeria's general election are gradually trickling in, in a weekend vote that was delayed by poor organization and sporadic violence at polling stations.

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Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, at a campaign rally in East Lansing, Mich., last November. Slotkin, who was reelected to a third term in the House in the 2022 midterms, announced Monday that she's running for the Senate in 2024.

Politics & Government

Elissa Slotkin first Democrat to make an official run in Michigan's Senate race

5:10pm February 27, 2023

by Dustin Jones

Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin hopes to fill the seat of fellow Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who announced her 2024 retirement earlier this year. Slotkin joins two Republicans to announce a bid.

Anti-government demonstrators protest against recent reforms pushed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the country's electoral law that they say threaten democracy, in Mexico City's main square, The Zocalo, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.

World News

Tens of thousands protest Mexico's electoral law changes

1:36am February 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's electoral law changes they say threaten democracy.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (left) stands next to Chief Justice John Roberts outside the court in 2017.

Politics & Government

How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger

2:29pm February 26, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on a handful of sentences to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling, planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.