Chairs for members of the N.C. State Board of Election remain empty during a teleconference meeting announcing the appointment of the new executive director Karen Brinson Bell, replacing Kim Strach ...

After facing pushback from Gov. Ned Lamont, state lawmakers are drastically revising a bill that would have taken the power to appoint Connecticut’s child advocate away from the governor. The new bill ...

Who gets to choose the people who sit on the boards and commissions that make decisions across Kentucky? The Kentucky Supreme Court heard two cases Thursday over the Republican supermajority ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Decade-long political quarrels over legislative and executive powers in the state advanced Wednesday as a state appeals court permitted the Republican-controlled General Assembly ...

Former Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov. Josh Stein sued Republican legislative leaders, N.C. Rep. Tim Moore (D-14) and Sen. Phil Berger (D-26), in December for recent changes to the State Board of Elections ...

Kansas lawmakers passed a bill changing how vacancies for U.S. senator, state treasurer and insurance commissioner are filled. The new law gives a legislative committee the power to submit three ...

Governor Josh Stein unveils his 2025-27 budget proposal on March 19, 2025, asking the General Assembly to freeze tax cuts and raise teacher saleries. (Sydney Haulenbeek/Courthouse News) RALEIGH, N.C. ...

Governor Josh Stein was seeking to regain sole control over vacancies in the state’s Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, rather than being required to choose from a list of nominees presented by the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Decade-long political quarrels over legislative and executive powers in North Carolina advanced Wednesday as a state appeals court permitted the Republican-controlled General Assembly ...