Texas will likely prevail in defending a law requiring proof of age to download a smart phone app, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, lifting a trial court injunction that halted the law on First Amendment grounds.
Ohio laws that bar voters from posting photos of their completed ballots online don’t violate the First Amendment, a federal judge said.
Undocumented immigrants who live Nebraska are no longer eligible for in-state tuition at public colleges, thanks to a court-approved consent decree signed by both state and federal officials.
Soaring US power bills are threatening to claim their biggest victim yet — the nation’s largest electric grid operator.
New York lawmakers approved a measure Wednesday to bolster their power over redrawing congressional and legislative maps as Democrats look to tilt districts further in their favor in 2028.
An error-riddled brief plagued lawyers for a Black man suspended from his Texas high school over his hair length during oral arguments Wednesday, with two Fifth Circuit judges hinting at possible sanctions.
US states are bracing for the fallout from President
California, Connecticut, Virginia, and more than a dozen other states attorneys general are rallying against a federal data privacy bill they said would shrink the rights of more than 100 million Americans, as well as restrict their enforcement powers.
Florida legislators have approved an amendment for the November ballot that gives new meaning to the phrase “the red state of Florida.” Think Soviet, not Republican.
Democrat Derek Tran won the Nov. 5 election in California’s 45th Congressional District over Rep. Michelle Steel (R), who conceded Wednesday.
Republican Nick Begich unseated Rep. Mary Peltola (D) in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, the Associated Press said Wednesday.
Democrat Janelle Bynum unseated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th District, the Associated Press said Thursday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked a federal court to prevent special counsel Jack Smith from destroying documents related to his investigation and prosecution of president-elect Donald Trump.
The idea of injecting more politics into filling state supreme court seats through partisan elections has taken hold in some Republican circles, and momentum could pick up after the party’s success this week in North Carolina and Ohio.
A convicted felon in New York may help determine whether Republicans hold all the levers of government in Washington next year.
