Critics say the changes will derail a process used to create a free pre-K program, boost the minimum wage and restore felons’ ...

Citizen petition drives are facing new regulations critics say are a “kill shot” to direct democracy that would make it nearly impossible for hot-button issues from abortion to marijuana legalization ...

SB 7016 and HB 1205 — have made their way through the Legislature, and SB 7016 is up for a Senate floor vote April 30.

Over the years, April 20 (aka 4/20) has gone from a stoner inside joke in Northern California to a widely recognized, if ...

Petaluma Historic Advocates, a citizen group opposed to the project, wants residents to have the final say. The group has ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law creating new hurdles for getting citizen-driven initiatives on the ballot before ...

San Diego homeowners get to contest proposed additions to property tax bills. The increases would pay for additions for trash ...

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and the group Save AR Democracy are suing Arkansas to block several new laws that ...

Direct democracy is the people changing laws despite those in power. The Colorado Constitution clearly guarantees We the ...

See, this is what I was talking about. There’s a reason that we employ representative democracy versus direct democracy at ...

The League of Women Voters is suing Arkansas over several ballot initiative laws it says are unconstitutional and "spell the ...