This article was published in collaboration between Bolts and New York Focus. Central New York’s Tompkins County, home to ...

Julia Rock is a reporter for New York Focus. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Intercept, the Lever, and the New ...

T.R. Edwards grew up with stories from his grandmother Kathleen about her struggle to vote as a Black woman in Wisconsin: A ...

Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation to make it illegal to participate in the death penalty, following news that ...

Florida Republicans spent weeks squabbling over rival immigration bills. Their conflict wasn’t over significant policy ...

This page compiles, state-by-state, the local offices that administer elections at the state, county, and municipal level. It lays out who oversees the preparation and conduct of the election, from ...

Who are the local and state officials responsible for counting, canvassing, and certifying elections? On this page, Bolts maps out each state’s system. It lays out who is responsible for the different ...

Dawn Jackson took a plea deal and was sentenced to 30 years in a New Jersey prison for killing her step-grandfather, Robert ...

On Inauguration Day, thousands marched through subzero temperatures in downtown Chicago to protest the imminent threat of immigration raids on their city. Multiple weekend reports had indicated that ...