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State legislatures are back in session, under more Republican control now than at any other time in U.S. history. One issue they'll be debating a lot is voting — who gets to do it and how.

It's a hot topic, but this year's debate could be less contentious than it has been in the past. One reason is that lawmakers will be considering a lot of proposals to make voting easier and more

Labor unions, long a rich source of ground troops for national Democrats’ Election Day victories, are less enthusiastic this year, according to some movement leaders who say they are more focused on state-level races and feel left behind by the party on key issues such as Obamacare.

Red-state Kentucky's broad embrace of Obamacare has been a comforting success story for the White House. But now the Affordable Care Act is the central issue in the state's off-year governor's race and a Republican victory could be a portent for 2016 when GOP presidential contenders will run on a renewed vow to repeal the act.

The New York Times made the proper decision to print an op-ed from a lawmaker many editors likely don't agree with. The author was Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), and in his piece he urged President Trump to send in the military to quell the violent riots that have erupted in the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.

One of these things was not like the others. The Cotton piece stuck out