Politics: Member Stations

Anchorage voters defeated a bill that would have banned transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. In just six years, Anchorage voters flipped on LGBT issues.

Before Judge Rebecca Dallet's win on Tuesday, big-name Democrats from around the country endorsed her for Wisconsin's Supreme Court, hoping to build party momentum ahead of the fall midterm elections.

Methodically moving state by state, a group funded by a California billionaire is working its way toward adding a victims' rights amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Judges want Scott Walker to hold special elections for two Wisconsin state legislative seats the governor says he doesn't need to hold. Democrats say Republicans fear losing the seats.

Impeachment resolutions have been introduced by a Republican lawmaker upset over the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision to quickly redraw the state's congressional voting map.

The trial has ended in the lawsuit alleging Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's requirements to register to vote in his state are unreasonable. A federal judge will rule on the suit by the fall.

Under the legislation, abortions would be prohibited even in cases of rape, incest or danger to a woman's life.

Amanda Renteria has called on fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom to leave his post as lieutenant governor because of a past relationship he had with a subordinate.

Medicaid expansion is a real possibility in Virginia this year. The matter will be taken up in a special session after lawmakers failed to agree on whether or not to do it in the regular session.