The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...

Senators Wyden and Merkley join efforts to reintroduce the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, aiming to restore and ...

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About 200 new laws that Colorado lawmakers passed this year go into effect Aug. 6, ranging from comprehensive updates to wage ...

As recently as 2023, the high court said lower courts could intervene in "instances of intensive racial politics where the ...

Gerrymandering is often criticized as unethical, but it is not always illegal. The legality depends on how and why the ...

Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker ...

A spat over congressional redistricting in Texas marks the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering.

A plan to change Texas’s congressional map could help Republicans keep control of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms. State Democrats hope to stall it.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened Democrats who fled the state to prevent a redistricting effort by Republicans with ...

About 200 new laws that Colorado lawmakers passed this year go into effect on August 6, ranging from comprehensive updates to wage theft protections to smaller tweaks in state statutes. Here are a few ...