A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

From felony disenfranchisement and mail-voting to mid-decade gerrymanders, Tuesday delivered verdicts on election law across ...

Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat ...

Advocates want to promptly codify the limits on immigration enforcement put in place by the outgoing governor. Mikie Sherill, Tuesday’s winner, has declined to say if she'd continue them.

Surina Venkat is a freelance reporter and student at Columbia University, where she serves as the City News Deputy Editor for ...

On enshrining abortion rights in state constitution, and overturning a ban (#3, learn more) Yes ...

New York City’s outgoing mayor has directed police to issue more civil summonses, sparking concerns the practice is ...

LaDerrick Campbell has an IQ in the 60s. His defense counsel described him as “the most profoundly mentally ill client” they had ever encountered. Daniel Blank’s confession was coerced; one of the ...

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Dennis Watkins, the prosecuting attorney of Ohio’s Trumbull County, sparked national outrage last month when he pursued criminal charges against Brittany Watts, a woman who miscarried at home and was ...