Legislation

State lawmakers are increasingly using tactics that suppress progressive legislation being passed in metropolitan areas.

H.R. 1 would transfer the power to draw congressional districts from state legislatures to independent, non-partisan commissions.

Advocates for stricter gun laws and gun-violence survivors showed up to the hearing in force to share their stories and their legislative demands.

Research shows that having more women, more people of color, and more LGBTQ people makes for a more productive, bipartisan, and responsive legislature.

In November, Pelosi agreed to new rules allowing for a more open legislative process, but they may have unintended consequences.

Congress has not passed any harassment-related legislation beyond cleaning up its own internal process for handling complaints—but that could change as a result of the 2018 mid-terms.

It is one of seven states with laws that prohibit the promotion of homosexuality and that expressly forbid teachers of health and sexuality education from discussing LGBT issues in a positive light—if at all.

It's California's original housing sin, a binding not-in-my-backyard clause that has forced municipalities to adopt creative workarounds to build low-income housing.

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a round-up of news about Jerry Brown's final days in office as governor of California to an investigation into what happens to federal grants when scientists are faced with accusations of wrongdoing.

At the end of his last term, Jerry Brown is showing willingness to clash with opposition both within the state and at the national level.

This November, voters in Baltimore will decide on a charter amendment that would ban water system privatization preemptively.

Congress will consider a bill requiring states to work with federal agencies to remove and remediate water contaminated with a dangerous chemical compound.

Corporations that have higher numbers of employment cases brought against them spend more money on lobbyists, who help influence courts and change labor laws.

In a 5-4 decision, the SCOTUS blocked a conservative effort to overturn a law that makes it illegal to buy a gun for someone else. While the ruling maintains the status quo by preserving long-standing legislation, it opens the door for stricter limits on gun ownership.

All good science should aim to convince outsiders that a consensus has been reached without any biases. Even evolution.

Some recent attempts to quantify the chaos.