In Puerto Rico, a self-governing U.S. territory, election days are holidays, which empowers people to vote and celebrate that right. Voter turnout has been as high as 80% some years in Puerto Rico.

Newsweek has mapped states where Election Day is a public holiday, and which states offer paid leave for voting. Currently, five states recognize Election Day as both a public holiday and require ...

Election Day is not a federal holiday. Some states do, however, observe Election Day as a holiday. Most state offices will be closed on the date, including: Twenty-four states, plus the District ...

When the general election was announced last month, Ruud Jansen Venneboer’s heart sank. Not for personal reasons, he says, ...

Figures cover full six-year cycle for Senate incumbents. ** Averages include all incumbent politicians and major party challengers in the general election. Third-party challengers are not included, as ...

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Trump's Williamsburg visit has been canceled after the restaurant owner's death, leaving Hasidic supporters disappointed but ...

Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is hopeful the toy industry defies economic pressures during the key holiday shopping season.

Experts expect a surge of misinformation targeting Spanish-speaking voters with a high-stakes presidential election in the fall as candidates vie for support from the rapidly growing number of ...

A new report shows that 46 percent of Republicans would not accept the election results as legitimate if the Democratic nominee wins, and 14 percent of all Republican respondents said they would ...

Some stop in to grab shiny, red packages of premade zongzi, a rice dish wrapped in bamboo leaves often eaten during the Chinese holiday. Others talk with advocates who are on hand to educate people ...

The General Election period has been blamed for not allowing a Powys County Council scrutiny committee that deals with ...