Every functioning democracy depends on certain essentials, but none more basic than consistent participation. For the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Missouri and other conservative-majority state legislatures across the country are frustrated that constituents contradict their ...

In 2025, state legislators have introduced 148 bills designed to curb direct democracy. At the same time that Congress and the Supreme Court are abdicating their powers to the president, voters’ ...

Only 26 states have the citizen initiative. Fortunately, Arizona is one. When a registered voter in Arizona signs a petition and a sufficient number of signatures are gathered the citizen proposed ...

JP Leskovich went to high school in Ohio and returned to the state in the run-up to Tuesday’s vote. He is a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and JURIST’s US Bureau Chief. “Voters saw ...

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Nepal is again experiencing political upheaval, this time through the Gen-Z movement. Led largely by young people, it has rattled governance structures and forced the country to ...

Less than two weeks ago, radical progressives in the California Legislature launched the most brazen sneak attack on California’s iconic Proposition 13 in its 45-year history. Assemblyman Christopher ...

Amid angry European reactions to US Vice President JD Vance's combative speech in Munich, Switzerland's president said on Saturday she shared many of the "liberal values" he expressed, seeing the ...

In August 2022, a statewide referendum in Kansas saw citizens overwhelmingly reject a plan to insert anti-abortion language into the state’s constitution. It comes as a slew of similar votes on ...

Protect AR Rights’ second attempt to get a ballot title approved for its direct democracy amendment could come next week, attorneys said in a news conference Tuesday. The group consists of a variety ...