The legislative session that begins Monday should not be held, and lawmakers should reject all of Ron DeSantis’ demands. But they can put their summons to good use by overriding some of his ...

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as ...

By working to improve democratic education and to put a system in place that listens to and engages with young people, ...

Direct popular voting is a democratic system ... The research also finds that while liberal democracy and political civil liberties are essential for safeguarding freedoms and accountability ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

A House committee gave its stamp of approval Wednesday to a bill that would enhance the Arkansas attorney general’s authority ...

I love the fact that South Dakota was the first state in the nation to empower its citizens to initiate and refer laws, columnist Terry Woster writes.

Imagine waking up one morning to find that your fundamental right to influence state policy through citizen-led initiatives has been effectively nullified. This ...

Leading experts in medicine and business are pinning their hopes on digital twins. Two economists have a bold proposal that ...

Legislators have been more successful curtailing the process with statutory changes in Pierre. From 2018 to 2024, South ...