South Dakota: On Feb. 17, the South Dakota State Senate voted 19-15 to pass SB 198, a bill to prohibit K-12 public school students from using their cellphones during the school day. The bill now goes ...

Ballotpedia’s go-to resource on foreign funding in elections, with a breakdown of prohibitions on foreign funding for candidates and ballot measures, and background on the issue.

In 2026, Ballotpedia is covering local ballot measures that appear on the ballot for voters within the 100 largest cities in ...

Of the 58 ballot measures, 57 were constitutional amendments. One, in Oregon, was an initiated state statute. It is excluded from this analysis, which focuses on measures that proposed amending state ...

Michigan has a Democratic triplex and a divided trifecta. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls the upper ...

Massachusetts has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state ...

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Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics This page lists the number of Article III Federal judges serving in the federal judiciary as of February 18, 2026, organized by the presidents who ...

Pennsylvania has a divided government. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor and the lower chamber of the state legislature, while the Republican Party controls the offices of attorney ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Minnesota has a Democratic triplex and a divided trifecta. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls the upper ...

Tennessee has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.