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A new report from Common Cause examines the practice of “fracking,” which is a technique to release natural gas. Fracking, in some cases, causes pollution underground which could contaminate drinking water. The report specifically looks…
Earlier this year, the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature, along with Republican governor John Kasich passed Senate Bill 5, which rolled back many collective bargaining rights for Ohio state workers, similar to the measure passed in Wisconsin under Governor Scott Walker. Some…
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…
Late last week Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted rejected the signatures needed to begin the challenge to the state’s new district lines, which were passed by the state legislature in September. Husted’s…
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…
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Nonprofit VOTE has created a new voter registration poster that is available for free from their website by filling out a brief form. Order the poster here. It is designed for nonprofits to display in their offices…
Updating some of the stories that we have been keeping up with, there has been some movement in Wisconsin and Ohio.In Wisconsin this morning, the state’s Department of Administration said that they would not comply with…
The Ohio legislature may soon take up a bill requiring voters to show photo identification on Election Day if they wish to cast a ballot. House Bill 159 would require a photo ID, driver’s license, passport, or US…
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…
Republicans will control both houses of the legislature in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Indiana after Democrats entered the election with control of the…
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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
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