Network partner Common Cause Minnesota has released a new report that connects the dots between state legislators in Minnesota, the bills they introduce, and the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. Bills introduced in the…
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Network partner TakeAction Minnesota staged a protest against Wells Fargo at the bank’s offices in Minneapolis. The marches and protests were in response to major banks’ unwillingness to address the current foreclosure crisis. Over 200 people participated in the march,…
Network Partner Brennan Center for Justice has released a guide to new voter laws that go into effect in 2012.The report, Voting Law Changes in 2012, finds that more…
On Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27, Midwest Democracy Network will be attending the Democracy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference will be covering many of the issues…
This week, the United States Congress passed a compromise to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending caps and future programmatic cuts, and President Obama signed the measure almost immediately. Many of…
[August 8: This entry was originally posted on August 2, but has been updated with additional information on ALEC’s impact in Minnesota, and with a national report from Common Cause] The Center for Media and Democracy has recently
Network partners at the Brennan Center and Justice At Stake wrote an op-ed for Reuters on the threats to the judicial system. Adam Skaggs and Bert Brandenburg write about Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s outspoken attacks against judges who make decisions…
Today, Network partners Justice at Stake and Brennan Center for Justice, along with the National Institute on Money in State Politics, released a report, The New Politics of Judicial Elections, which provides an overview of some of the major…
From the sweltering Mississippi of 1964’s “Freedom Summer” to Washington’s marbled corridors of power to the rough-and-tumble of Illinois politics, Larry Hansen devoted his nearly 50-year career to making American democracy work better. Hansen, vice president of the Joyce Foundation…
The League of Women Voters Minnesota announced Public Policy Coordinator Laura Fredrick Wang will assume the role of Interim Executive Director when Executive Director Keesha Gaskins leaves in January 2011.
This week, the United States Congress passed a compromise to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending caps and future programmatic cuts, and President Obama signed the measure almost immediately. Many of…
Before a deal struck between Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and the Republican held state legislature passed this week, the state of Minnesota had effectively shut down for three weeks due to the lack of a…
Political parties in Minnesota have had the opportunity to draw and submit redistricting maps to the special court panel on redistricting. Mike Dean of Network partner Common Cause Minnesota wrote an op-ed for the…
Network partners in Draw the Line Minnesota have completed their scheduled hearings by the Citizens Redistricting Commission, and have released a summary report of their findings, along with sample maps. The report also covers four key principles that the Commission…
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