Last week we talked about special interest groups, but why have them in the first place? So last week we talked about what special interest groups are and how they influence the political system, and ...

A year of gridlock amid divided government and Republican infighting on Capitol Hill drove down spending by the biggest interest groups by about 13 percent in 2023 from the previous year. In a year in ...

Local Interests: Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in U.S. City Governments, by Sarah F. Anzia (University of Chicago Press, 312 pp., $35) Before a meeting on the city budget, a tense silence ...

SACRAMENTO — California voters were first empowered to govern by ballot measure in 1911. But it took almost seven decades and the anti-tax crusade of a cantankerous, fist-shaking businessman to reveal ...

SIGs are another way for OLLI@SCU members to continue lifelong learning beyond the classroom. Meeting regularly, SIGS not only provide new and enriching opportunities to form friendships with other ...

A Washington State Senator Is Looking to Unseat One of the Quirkiest, Most Vulnerable House Dems in ’26 How the Internet Broke Assimilation The Terrorism Confusion in the Caribbean A West Coast ...

Paul M. Collins, Jr. received funding from the National Science Foundation for his work on amicus curiae briefs. He has consulted with the Office of United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and the ...