Housing: Where do Trump and Harris stand?
Both presidential candidates have said they have general plans to tackle the housing crisis. Photo by Getty ImagesThis is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the...
View Article200+ women faced criminal charges over pregnancy in year after Dobbs, report...
Incarcerated women make phone calls. A new report details more than 200 cases of women charged criminally for their behavior while pregnant in the year after the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that...
View ArticleTop moments from the Walz-Vance veep debate
The Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on Oct....
View ArticleFact check: States Newsroom assesses claims from the Vance-Walz vice...
Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, greet each other ahead of a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on...
View ArticleTim Walz and J.D. Vance tangle in wonky, largely cordial vice presidential...
The Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speak after their debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on...
View ArticleBudget restrictions, staff issues, and AI are threats to states’ cybersecurity
A new survey of state chief information and security officers finds them better prepared to protect their networks from cyberattacks than four years earlier, but still worried about limited staff and...
View ArticleTrump describes traumatic brain injuries sustained by U.S. troops in Iraq as...
Members of the U.S. military and international media survey the damage of Iranian missile attacks at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 13, 2020. Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 211th Rescue Squadron...
View ArticleMarijuana users must be impaired to face DUI penalties, court rules
Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe state can’t suspend someone’s driver’s license because they have THC in their bloodstream unless they are actually impaired while behind the wheel, the...
View ArticleSpecial counsel Jack Smith reveals new evidence against Trump in 2020...
Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on Aug. 1, 2023 in...
View ArticleExperts say women of color will massively influence the 2024 election
Members of Congress protest in support of abortion rights ahead of an arrest at the U.S. Capitol on July 19, 2022. Members left to right are Cori Bush of Missouri (in black shirt), Nydia Velazquez of...
View ArticleEducation: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have widely divergent views on education. In this photo, students are shown in a classroom. Photo by Klaus Vedfelt | Getty ImagesAs former...
View ArticleIn a key legislative race, the GOP candidate joked about feeding dogs to...
Vince Leach in 2024. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0A GOP candidate whose state Senate race could determine which party controls the legislature embraced a racist lie demonizing a group of...
View ArticleTrump-aligned GOP group sues to get the names of 218K improperly registered...
Photo by Mario Tama | Getty ImagesA conservative group run by one of former President Donald Trump’s top legal aides is suing Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes for withholding the names of the...
View ArticleDemocrats flaunt Republican endorsements for Harris presidential bid
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois....
View ArticleArizona Supreme Court affirms votes for the open primaries measure will be...
Photo via Getty ImagesVotes will be counted for an open primaries ballot initiative that has been the subject of whiplash-inducing court challenge, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled just 31 days before...
View ArticleGila River Indian Community breaks ground on two water conservation projects
The Gila River Indian Community, alongside federal partners, celebrated the groundbreaking for the Blackwater Irrigation project on Oct. 3, 2024. The project is one of three major water conservation...
View ArticlePinal County ruling could affect how many ballots are rejected in Arizona’s...
Pinal County's new elections center on July 30, 2024, the night of the state's primary election. Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh, who lost his bid for sheriff, is asking the attorney general to investigate...
View ArticleObama to hit the trail for Harris, while Trump returns to site of attempted...
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo by Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Saturday...
View ArticleElection integrity is central in recorder race, but with divergent views on...
Photo via iStock / Getty Images PlusFor the third time in as many elections, Maricopa County voters will choose a new recorder this year in a hotly contested race centered around election integrity....
View ArticleGila River Indian Community turns on power for first ever solar-over-canal...
The Gila River Indian Community, alongside partners from the White House, Congress and the Bureau of Reclamation, celebrated the activation of the first power generated by the Western Hemisphere’s...
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