John J. Martin is a research assistant professor of law at the University of Virginia. They may be the most important government officials you can't name. Their decisions have the potential to alter ...

The eight cabinet secretaries serving under Gov. Mike Braun will be some of the highest-paid employees in the state—with each taking home $275,000 for their new positions. Five of the secretaries will ...

PHOENIX — Democrats and Republicans are preparing to pour millions of dollars into races for secretary of state in half the states next year amid a new recognition that those who oversee the electoral ...

Once viewed as neutral administrators, these state officials are under growing pressure to pick sides, dividing one of the last bastions of bipartisanship. By Charles Homans FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — ...