Politics
Power, policy, and the people who shape both.
PoliticsThe New Map Just Dropped. Two Cities Are About to Look Politically Different.
What an independent commission did to long-fragmented urban neighborhoods, why dissenting commissioners filed, and how soon the lawsuits arrive.
By Lena Holloway · Jul 6
PoliticsThe Small-Dollar Donor Is Quietly Killing the Bundler in Competitive Races
Why the latest filings tell a different story about how political money is flowing, and what it changes for how candidates actually spend their time.
By Lena Holloway · May 15
PoliticsThe Special Prosecutor's Report Is Almost Ready. The Sequencing Is the Story.
Why the office is moving the document and finalizing the redactions in parallel, and what the receiving authorities have to decide next.
By Lena Holloway · Apr 6
PoliticsVA Clinics Are Quietly Triaging Patients. The Department's Own Reports Say So.
How regional managers are improvising around a staffing shortage headquarters has not acknowledged on the timeline the field is actually working on.
By Lena Holloway · Apr 1
PoliticsSixty Federal Judgeships Sit Empty. Several Courts Are Now Officially in Crisis.
Why the confirmation calendar has fallen behind the rate of new vacancies, and what the affected courts are quietly giving up to keep cases moving.
By Lena Holloway · Mar 2
PoliticsWhat the GCC's Government Modernization Wave Has Actually Delivered
Several Gulf capitals moved on procurement, licensing, and digital identity at once. The operational results are finally becoming visible.
By Lena Holloway · May 30