The lawsuit takes aim at an upcoming measure that, if approved, would make it virtually impossible for most citizen-led ...

San Diego homeowners get to contest proposed additions to property tax bills. The increases would pay for additions for trash collection that didn’t exist when voters narrowly approved Measure B in ...

Next month’s election in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley will be brimming with citizen-initiated ballot issues that ...

Arkansas Public Policy Panel Executive Director Bill Kopsky discusses a proposed constitutional amendment to preserve direct democracy in Arkansas during a press conference at the state Capitol on May ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe enters the House chamber ahead of his State of the State speech. Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.

Serbia's student protest movement has no leaders, and its decision-making process is slow and laborious, but activists swear by its founding principle: direct democracy via meetings on campus. When a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Missouri and other conservative-majority state legislatures across the country are frustrated that constituents contradict their ...

Voters in 24 states and the District of Columbia can bypass their legislatures by gathering signatures to get proposed laws or constitutional amendments on the ballot. But about 40 bills in roughly a ...

What is wrong with the Progressive Labour Party? The Royal Gazette asked the Premier if he would confirm whether there is an intention to take the issue of full Caricom membership to a public vote or ...

The average private debt for citizens today is close to $100,000 significantly above that of older generations. A major source of that private debt for younger generations is student debt. Younger ...