What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

Younger generations are justifiably critical of a government that has saddled them with this debt burden, and many of them have lost faith in the capitalist system. A recent survey by the CATO ...

Two ballot campaigns with similar measures could be vying for signatures, funding and attention this summer and fall. The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and Protect AR Rights have similar goals -- ...

Legislative leaders say making voter-approved initiatives permanent would be dangerous and turn Utah from a republic to a ...

Our state’s constitution does something that makes some politicians very uncomfortable: It reserves for the people of Arkansas a set of legislative powers. (Did you know that you, an Arkansas citizen, ...

Attorney General Tim Griffin: While generally not a fan of direct democracy, on Wednesday he ran out of reasons to reject a proposed amendment from the League of Women Voters. Credit: Brian Chilson ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A fight over how easy it should be to change the state's constitution is escalating with this year's second direct democracy ballot initiative. 'Protect AR Rights' is now the ...

The Arkansas attorney general's office signed off on ballot language Wednesday for a proposed constitutional amendment to reform direct democracy in the state, allowing the group behind the effort to ...

A proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul direct democracy in Arkansas has had its ballot language rejected for the second time. Protect AR Rights, the sponsor of a proposed constitutional ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...