Andrew Pantazi is a Jacksonville-based investigative journalist who reports on the forces shaping Florida’s democracy. His ...

Florida’s supreme court blessed the 2022 GOP gerrymander, weakening a key provision of the voter-approved Fair Districts ...

The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates and it’s credited with broadening civic ...

An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh ...

Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in ...

City Attorney Election Puts Seattle’s Renewed ‘War on Drugs’ Under Scrutiny Ann Davison took a punitive turn toward substance use and other low-level offenses. Her challengers for Seattle City ...

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to discrimination laws, and a funding crunch depleting their work.

New Jersey, New York, and Virginia—three populous states that are electing hundreds of state and local officials this year—are holding their primaries over a busy 15-day period in June. In the highest ...

Abortion legislation moving through the Texas Legislature gives the attorney general power to enforce a pre-Roe law that could criminalize pregnant people.

In response to mass deportation threats and mixed messages from county leaders on federal cooperation, San Diego organizers are taking action to inform residents of ICE activity.