New Mexico agreed to release records showing how the state handles voters mistakenly marked as deceased in its election system following a lawsuit from a national foundation.

Oklahoma's highest criminal court dismissed stalking charges against a Bryan County man who posted a 40-minute YouTube rant about his ex-wife, ruling the anti-stalking law targets unwanted contact, not negative speech about someone.

A federal appeals court revived a false advertising lawsuit against Hill's Pet Nutrition in Topeka, allowing claims that the company spread misleading information about grain-free pet food to proceed.

Congress passed the ROAD to Housing Act in July, the first major housing bill in decades, though experts say its regulatory reforms will only marginally ease the nation's affordability crisis.

Wyandotte County election officials sent mail-in ballots with an incorrect return address, causing some completed ballots to be mailed back to voters instead of the election office.

Idaho leaders are pursuing a Trump administration plan to store one-third of the nation's high-level nuclear waste at the Idaho National Laboratory in exchange for promised economic benefits.

A Nebraska doctor urges parents to use back-to-school checkups to address learning, mental health, sleep and nutrition concerns before students return to class.

Congress and Colorado lawmakers consider taxing billionaires and the wealthy to fund schools, healthcare and childcare as economic inequality widens.

Texas reproductive rights advocates prepare for legislative battles over abortion restrictions and healthcare access in the upcoming session beginning January 2027.

Arizona's Indigenous voters face mounting obstacles to casting ballots, from vast distances to polling places to lack of physical addresses on tribal lands.