The council also took an initial vote on the Rental Act that would, among other things, speed up the eviction process for ...

A federal appeals court panel has ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases under a ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been imploring his colleagues for decades to gut a crucial part of the iconic Voting Rights Act that prohibits practices denying Blacks, Hispanics and ...

The Supreme Court has spent years chipping away at the Voting Rights Act — itself only won after decades of civil rights advocacy — so its 2023 Alabama ruling was a pleasant surprise. Now, however, ...

Senate Republicans have begun their marathon vote-a-rama to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, a grueling process ahead of their self-imposed July 4 deadline. How’s it going?: Senate ...

The "For the People Act of 2021" is something Democrats say is urgently needed. The House late Wednesday night passed a sweeping ethics and voting rights package, first introduced in 2019. The ...