Nevada state Sen. Pat Spearman, a Democrat and chief majority whip, successfully shepherded legislation in 2020 requiring pharmacists to honor 12-month doctors’ prescriptions for birth control pills, over the objections
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A recent study published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy examines the link between the political participation of the young and fiscal policies in the United States. The study
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Jamie Boex and Sonja Walti While the number of women elected to the U.S. Congress and state assemblies is on the rise, there continues to be a clear gender gap
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The U.S. political system is beset by a high degree of polarization and a low sense of common purpose. Should we blame democracy itself, or should we blame ourselves for
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Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government,
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California is too large to be governed effectively and that splitting it up would result in “better decision making and real solutions closer to home.” At least, that is the
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County governments are a crucial component of the fabric of American democracy. Yet there has been almost no previous research on the policy effects of the partisan composition of county governments.
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How would you measure the state of local democracy across the U.S.? Are local governments in some states more representative and democratic than in others? How does the United States
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