Politics

Political analysis with the time it takes to be right. Most of our pieces take six to twelve weeks to report and write. We don’t cover the news cycle — we cover what’s underneath it.

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What the new electric-vehicle mileage rule actually changes

May 6 · 14 min · Maya Ostrowski

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Inside the slow collapse of municipal broadband

May 6 · 18 min · Dev Kapoor

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The case against ranked-choice in primaries

April 29 · 12 min · Marcus Hall

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Inside the EPA carbon rule, plain English

April 26 · 16 min · Maya Ostrowski

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Local elections are quietly going national

April 26 · 11 min · Priya Sundaram

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Inside the Saskatchewan land-claim ruling

April 8 · 19 min · Marcus Hall

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Politics desk

Maya Ostrowski

Politics editor

Twelve years at Reuters before joining us in 2021. Specialty: regulatory reporting + executive-branch process.

Marcus Hall

Senior politics reporter

Former Politico Magazine. Constitutional law + state-level politics.

Priya Sundaram

Politics reporter

Joined 2023. Beat: local + municipal politics. Came up at the LA Times.

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