New York City’s high-profile mayoral primary this week shined a bright light on the nation’s ongoing experiment with ranked choice voting, reopening the debate over the relatively new, unique and complex system. New York City is among the 63 jurisdictions — which include cities, states and counties — that have in recent years implemented ranked … Read more
A Latino actor has never won an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and “Will Trent” star Ramón Rodríguez hopes he’ll be the one to break that barrier. “It’s a sad and unfortunate reality,” the Puerto Rican actor said. “It’s not why I do what I do, obviously. But does it matter? … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House is poised to pass a trio of bills this week to repeal Washington, D.C., laws on immigration, voting and policing, even as it has yet to restore a painful $1 billion cut to the city’s budget. The House passed two of the bills Tuesday. One would bar noncitizens from voting … Read more