Democrats won complete power in Michigan. Republicans are trying to take it away.
The GOP needs to flip just two seats to win control of the state House.
With Washington divided and power increasingly shifting to the states, governors and mayors are making crucial decisions that are shaping our future.
We asked, they answered. 50 mayors take POLITICO inside their biggest challenges. First up: police and crime.
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Mayors got their cities through the pandemic. Now they're paying the price.
Pissed off constituents. Nonstop work weeks. And deteriorating quality of life.
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Mayors to Biden: We're not prepared for your electric vehicle boom
They're sending him a clear message.
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Housing costs are rising twice as fast as everything else — and it's crippling cities
Homelessness is raging in American cities. Here’s what mayors are doing about it.
The Issues
The Players
A reported series from POLITICO highlighting the most innovative ideas from the 50 states for promoting recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. This month: The Capstone Issue
Covid’s deadly trade-offs, by the numbers: How each state has fared in the pandemic
POLITICO’s State Pandemic Scorecard shows how state decisions impacted lives, jobs, education and well-being.
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Policy Hackathon: What states have learned — the hard way — about managing Covid
We asked states who topped POLITICO’s pandemic scorecard to compare notes on balancing Covid’s deadly trade-offs. Here’s what they said.
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Welcome to Recovery Lab: The Capstone Issue
We’ve spent a year reporting on how America is recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s what we’ve learned.
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17 pandemic innovations that are here to stay
During the pandemic, necessity became a mother of invention. Here are some innovations that are like to stick.