Gov. Kathy Hochul’s cross-town bus ride Friday had been planned as an act of resistance — a demonstration of the lack of traffic, scheduled for the day ...

A battleground seat in the Michigan Senate has remained vacant for 11 weeks as state political leaders continue to wait for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to set dates ...

With the federal law eroded by court decisions, about a half-dozen states want to enshrine protections for non-white voters. But it’s a tough sell even in Democratic states.

Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the ...

Montgomery, Alabama, the final site of a crucial march from Selma, is set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of an event that ...