Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order “to address (homeless) encampments” and allocated funding to local ...

California has just proposed a sweeping new rule to permanently ban intoxicating hemp products — and Texas may soon follow, ...

Tuesday marked a historic election for Charlottesville, Virginia, as the city used ranked choice voting (RCV) for the first ...

Registered unaffiliated voters in Nevada – the state’s largest registered voting bloc – came close to gaining real electoral ...

The more the system incentivized partisan division, the less progress was made on these bills. The 2013 bill, for example, was able to pass the Senate, but was never brought up for House consideration ...

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The health care crisis behind bars affects two distinct but deeply connected groups: incarcerated individuals and correctional officers. While incarcerated people are constitutionally entitled to care ...

ICE raids, Los Angeles riots, “No King” protests. It’s all people can talk about these days as immigration is front and center in the American social and political zeitgeist. For many voters, this all ...

Photo by Ahmed on Unsplash. Unsplash+ license obtained by IVN Editor Shawn Griffiths. We’re halfway into 2025 and the year has already delivered several wins for independent voters and their right to ...

Photo by Getty Images on Unsplash. Unsplash+ License obtained by IVN Editor Shawn Griffiths. Showing an independent streak in keeping with Maine’s political tradition, Sen. Rick Bennett (R–Oxford) ...