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Arrest Throws Texas Voter Registration Dispute Into Further Confusion

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Oct. 11, 2018, 12:41 p.m. EDT

Citizens Count on the Illinois Freedom of Information Act but Keep Getting Shut Out

Oct. 11, 2018, 5 a.m. CDT

Let Us Know About Voting Problems During the Midterm Elections

Oct. 9, 2018, 10:03 a.m. EDT

Election Experts: We Need You

by Jessica Huseman,

Oct. 9, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

4 Questions to Ask When Comparing Midterm Candidates

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

Oct. 8, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

The Cost of the Office? Trump’s Billion-Dollar Loss — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra

Oct. 5, 2018, 2:13 p.m. EDT

How Much Money Is Being Spent in the Illinois Governor’s Race?

Oct. 4, 2018, 12:03 p.m. CDT

How Effective Is Your Representative?

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

Sept. 27, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Elliott Broidy’s All-Access Pass — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast

by Eric Umansky,

Sept. 26, 2018, 4 a.m. EDT

Bipartisan Furor as North Carolina Election Law Shrinks Early Voting Locations by Almost 20 Percent

by Blake Paterson,

Sept. 24, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

What’s in a Resume? A Lot, When It Comes to Trump Staffers

by Derek Kravitz,

Sept. 21, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

New in Trump Town: Staffer Resumes

by Derek Kravitz, Al Shaw and Claire Perlman,

Sept. 21, 2018, 4:59 a.m. EDT

Voting in America Is WILD. Here’s How to Plan Ahead.

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

Sept. 20, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Congress Passes Measure to Protect Board that Monitors Nuclear Safety

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Sept. 18, 2018, 10 p.m. EDT

The Election DataBot: Now Even Easier

by Derek Willis and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee,

Sept. 18, 2018, 1:32 p.m. EDT

Agency Takes Back Instructions to Residents in Brooklyn Housing Project to Stay Home on Primary Day

by Blake Paterson,

Sept. 13, 2018, 6:17 p.m. EDT

ProPublica’s User’s Guide to Democracy: Political Advertising

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

Sept. 13, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Shedding Some Light on Dark Money Political Donors

by Derek Willis,

Sept. 12, 2018, 6 a.m. EDT

Note to the Next Mayor: Chicago Is a City of the World, But We Want the Neighborhoods Fixed, Too

Sept. 12, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

New Mexico Senators Speak Out Over Order They Say Would Hamper Nuclear Safety Board

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Aug. 31, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It

by Jesse Eisinger,

Aug. 24, 2018, 12 p.m. EDT

Looking at the Archives From the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes

by Helga Salinas,

Aug. 24, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

Louisiana Senate President Sank Ride-Sharing Bill. His Close Pal Sells Insurance to Cabs.

by Rebekah Allen, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Aug. 23, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort: Two Cases That Shook the Trump World — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra

by Eric Umansky,

Aug. 22, 2018, 8:10 p.m. EDT

Tax Case Flips the Script for Democrats and the GOP. But What About for Jurists?

by Richard Tofel,

Aug. 22, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Fund Meant to Protect Elections May Be Too Little, Too Late

by Blake Paterson and Ally J. Levine,

Aug. 21, 2018, 9 a.m. EDT

When Sarah Sanders and the ACLU Teamed Up for Voting Rights

by Blake Paterson,

Aug. 15, 2018, 11:07 a.m. EDT

Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh?

by Ariana Tobin and Justin Elliott,

Aug. 13, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Election 2016 Gets a Report Card

by Lilia Chang and Ally J. Levine,

Aug. 9, 2018, 1:46 p.m. EDT

Democrats Vow Investigation of VA’s Shadow Rulers After ProPublica Story

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Aug. 8, 2018, 9:27 p.m. EDT

Illinois House Candidate Will Walk for Votes — And Has To

Aug. 7, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

Our Rebuttal to Kris Kobach’s Critique

by Jessica Huseman,

Aug. 2, 2018, 6:30 p.m. EDT

Why Paul Manafort’s $15,000 Ostrich Jacket Wasn’t the Biggest Revelation as His Trial Begins — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra

by Nick Varchaver,

Aug. 2, 2018, 4 a.m. EDT

Kris Kobach’s Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats

by Jessica Huseman and Blake Paterson, ProPublica, and Bryan Lowry and Hunter Woodall, The Kansas City Star,

Aug. 1, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

We Found a New Batch of Trump Administration Appointees

by Nisa Khan,

July 31, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

How Mitch McConnell Made Donald Trump

by Alec MacGillis,

June 28, 2018, 4 p.m. EDT

How Voting Laws Have Changed Since 2016

by Ally J. Levine and Blake Paterson,

June 25, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

What You Need to Know About Wilbur Ross’ Many Conflicts — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast

June 22, 2018, 4 a.m. EDT

How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested — and Utterly Failed

by Jessica Huseman,

June 19, 2018, 3:40 p.m. EDT

West Virginia Paid for a CEO to Go on a Trade Delegation to China. Turns Out, He Was Promoting His Company’s Interests, Too.

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

June 15, 2018, 6:30 p.m. EDT

Facebook’s Screening for Political Ads Nabs News Sites Instead of Politicians

by Jeremy B. Merrill and Ariana Tobin,

June 15, 2018, 12:39 p.m. EDT

The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

June 12, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

New in the Congress API: Lobbying Registrations and More

by Derek Willis,

June 6, 2018, 11:35 a.m. EDT

Amid Affordable Housing Dispute, Conservatives Seek a Home in Chicago

May 23, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT

The U.S. Considered Declaring Russia a State Sponsor of Terror, Then Dropped It

by Sebastian Rotella,

May 21, 2018, 1:41 p.m. EDT

Covering the Midterms With Electionland 2018

by Scott Klein and Jessica Huseman,

May 10, 2018, 1:57 p.m. EDT

Before the Blankenship-McConnell Feud, the Senator Aided the Mining Executive

by Alec MacGillis,

May 7, 2018, 1:02 p.m. EDT

For Some Democrats, Facebook Likes Are a Path to Hard-to-Find Supporters

by Jeremy B. Merrill,

April 26, 2018, 11:04 a.m. EDT

What Is Congress Talking About?

by Jeremy B. Merrill,

April 24, 2018, 1:05 p.m. EDT

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Builds Power From the Ground Up — And Sometimes From the Basement

April 2, 2018, 4 a.m. CDT