This chart details the timeline of elections for chief prosecutor (also known as district attorney, state’s attorney, or commonwealth attorney) and sheriff in each state. Note: This calendar contains ...

For a brief moment, it seemed some noncitizen New Yorkers may gain the right to vote locally. But with the law struck down ...

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else ...

Five years after George Floyd, the mayor and his allies on city council claim credit for vast improvements, but critics keep ...

Police veteran Michelle Woodfork won the sheriff’s race, at a time when federal consent decrees barring ICE collaboration and lifting detention conditions may be ending.

Guy Oron is a Seattle-based writer. He is a staff reporter for Real Change.

This article is part of our coverage of law enforcement issues in the municipal races of 2025. Read our stories on New York City and Minneapolis. Like other big cities, Seattle has struggled to ...

With kids beaming on rides, adults losing money on carnival games, and the unmistakable smells of funnel cake and grilled meat swirling for blocks around, the annual street fair in the Lancaster ...

Camille Squires is a story editor at Bolts with experience covering city-level government and politics. Her reporting has appeared in Quartz, NewYork Magazine, City Monitor, and Mother Jones.

November is fast approaching, and while a handful of races are hogging the spotlight, there are thousands of local races all around the country that will shape public policy—from deciding who will ...

Dan Hinkel is a senior reporter at Injustice Watch, where he reports on courts and the legal system. He joined Injustice Watch in 2023 after two decades covering criminal justice and other issues for ...