Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates passed resolutions on Tuesday enshrining rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality in a critical step for Democrats hoping to amend the state's ...

Virginia’s House of Delegates passed proposed amendments on felon voting rights, abortion and same-sex marriage, while Republicans touted a right-to-work measure.

Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on ...

For decades, five women have waged an often difficult, sometimes frightening, and always highly personal war in the fight for abortion rights in Arkansas. They're already planning for the next four ...

In 2024, Ballotpedia covered local measures that appeared on the ballot for voters within the top 100 largest cities in the U.S. and in the state capitals not among ... to enact ranked-choice voting.

Wisconsin Senate Republicans — worried about potential future actions that could weaken current laws — pushed forward a ...

As they seek to smooth over past factional fights in the state Senate, Republicans face a new round of infighting in the ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement met opposition ...

As ballot initiative organizers have told States Newsroom, beliefs about abortion rights in America don ... the ballot in 10 ...

She advocated for abortion rights in re-election ... Dickson and Mitchell helped pass approximately 80 ordinances in cities and counties, mostly in Texas, but also in strategically located cities in ...