WASHINGTON D.C.— Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in a voting rights case (Bartlett v. Strickland) brought about due to the way a North Carolina Congressional district was…
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota—TakeAction Minnesota held its first-annual “Somali Day on the Hill.” The Minnesota’s Somali-American community gathered at the State…
WASHINGTON D.C.—On March 3, the Supreme Court heard the landmark Caperton v. Massey. Transcripts of the argument now available. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Justice at Stake provides an email update on today’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing of oral arguments in the Caperton v. Massey trial regarding judicial recusal: “It was evident from the…
ST. PAUL, Minnesota—MDN affiliates, who are also part of the Minnesota Democracy Network (MNDN), recently helped defeat legislation that would have required photo ID for voting. The League of Women Voters…
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The Federal Communications Commission has issued a ruling that will require television stations to post their station information online, including the records of how much they charge for ad time, and which political committees buy time. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes in…
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.
The Newseum and First Amendment Center launched the “
As Sunlight Labs continues to invest in retrieving data out of the U.S. government, the non-profit wonders why others have not followed their path.By using data to try and improve and create…
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