A 24-member task force made up of veteran judges, lawyers and activists announced a project that will look into how appellate court judges are selected and publish recommendations on possible improvements.The Judicial…
Below are some highlights for what is happening on the political reform front outside the Midwest Democracy Network region.
Despite a potentially uphill battle in the upcoming legislative session, proponents of judicial election reform are moving full speed ahead with their message, according…
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.
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In Support of People’s Rights and Our Democratic Process - 2011
Midwest reform groups declare support for demonstrators protesting…
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Census and Redistricting - 2009-2010
Midwest a hotspot for census, redistricting efforts
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