One group is betting the state’s blend of libertarianism and progressivism can be packaged to appeal to voters who have ...

In elective politics, it’s always better to have more money than your opponent. But it can’t buy you an election victory.

So, it should be of little surprise that in the 2026 election cycle, three senators are ready to bolt Capitol Hill and are running for governor. That’s the most in any year since 1797.

On Jan. 17, 1989, a disturbed young man carried an AK-47 rifle onto the playground of Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

Zohran Kwame Mamdani's victory in the primary election to pick the Democratic Party's candidate for New York's mayor in elections to be held in November, has been extensively parsed for its ...

On Jan. 17, 1989, a disturbed young man carried an AK-47 rifle onto the playground of Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton ...

Kevin Warsh, Kevin Hassett and Scott Bessent are among those under consideration as Trump evaluates their commitment to ...

Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here ...

Salisbury, who got his start with the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1977, had a career spanning decades of political coverage.

Senators who were once governors often highlight their accomplishments in their previous roles. Wistful tales of trade missions abroad to drum up business for their states and enacting legislation on ...

There's no way that's true,' you might think, when someone presents you with an intriguing Milwaukee nugget. But these really ...