The health of our democracy concerns many of us right now. Anxiety is surging over stories of conflict and political violence around the nation — from assassination attempts to shootings at campaign ...

Editorial: Gerrymandering is a serious threat to voters’ faith in democracy. It’s time for Congress to take action.

In 2016, I appointed three of the five people on the Electoral Boundaries Commission. A year later, their final report hit my ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public ...

Virginia voters approved a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats, CNN’s Decision Desk ...

Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public testimony against the proposal. Roughly an hour later, Republicans ...

Law Forward, a non-profit organization, filed a brief on Oct. 9, following Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy and individual voters’ challenge to Wisconsin’s congressional map as an ...

Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at RealityCheck@kcstar.com. Have ...