Most states require a simple majority vote to pass ballot measures. So did Florida, until a 2006 constitutional amendment passed, changing the threshold for voter approval to 60%. Ironically, it ...

Florida legislature meets for an organization session 14 days after the general election to swear in new members and speak on what the year ahead could look like at the capitol.

With little discussion Wednesday, the Dallas City Council repealed an ordinance requiring three police officers per 1,000 ...

The coalition is looking into legal challenges through the courts and is also considering bringing it to the legislature ...

"I really do believe in civilian oversight, but I have to say our brand of police oversight with this committee was ill ...

Only hours after Donald Trump was elected president, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put gears in motion to ...

The City Council's transportation chair says it's time to "thoughtfully retire" the little-used South Lake Union streetcar ...

The South Lake Union streetcar is now at the center of a Seattle City Council debate with multiple council members proposing ...

FSC has drafted amendments to Articles 4 and 6. The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC ... offer more favourable terms ...

Just 68 votes separate Clark County Council District 4 candidates Matt Little and Joe Zimmerman. Little has 23,568 votes (49.68 percent) to Zimmerman’s 23,500 votes (49.54 percent). Clark County ...

Gun rights advocacy groups in Maine are challenging the state's new 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases.

The Town Council on Tuesday held off on spending another $220,000 for the design of planned Town Branch Stream Channel ...