State Representative Gina Hinojosa of the Rio Grande Valley is set to make history as the inaugural Latina governor of Texas. Throughout her career in the state legislature, Hinojosa has maintained a primary focus on strengthening and expanding the public education system.
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Results are still outstanding House and Senate races but political scientists say one of the big winners in the mid-terms is American democracy itself.
Democrats' resounding victory in the midterms can be boiled down to frustrations over the high cost of living and gas prices. But in divided government -- how much can Democrats do?
From the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate and the first Muslim who will join the upper chamber to the Senate's first Paralympian, voters elected historic candidates on Tuesday.
The razor-thin margin between GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom is shining a light on an election process in Mississippi that is among the slowest and most decentralized in the U.S.
Prime minister says ‘root and branch review of childhood’ is needed and he does not rule out some benefit cuts The government is aiming for “quite radical change” in the way young people are supported, Andy Burnham has said, indicating this could include tougher rules for benefits as well as notably more help with everything from finding work to mental health. In media interviews before the release of the second report by the former minister Alan Milburn on reducing the numbers of young people not in work, education or training, Burnham said his mission was “rethinking childhood” from the early years onwards. Continue reading...
The prime minister says that Labour politicians courting the comedian a decade ago had not been aware of his crimes.