Alyshia Dyer will take office as sheriff of Washtenaw County, Michigan, an event that will mark the union of some strange ...

A state board deciding reparations for women sterilized against their will rejected most applications. Advocates are now ...

Jentink-Bristol could’ve gotten off probation at 15 had she paid off her fines and fees. But her probation officer told her that she had to remain under supervision until she cleared her debt, which ...

In their final weeks before they lose the ability to pass laws, Republican lawmakers gutted the powers of incoming Democratic ...

A historian of migrant detention responds to questions from Bolts readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail ...

In the presidential election, the GOP fared better than in 2020 in every state. But in thousands of legislative races across the country, the results were more complicated. The GOP unquestionably had ...

The forum in downtown Flint, Michigan, on the warm early afternoon of Oct. 3, was in many ways a typical election-season scene. A handful of politicians—in this case, candidates for seats on the ...