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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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Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) discussed their endorsement of the Fair Elections Now Act early this morning.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington launched a new online site to promote state and local-based good government groups hailing from all 50 states…
CHICAGO — A report released yesterday by the Pew Center on the States names three of the five states in the Midwest Democracy Network region – Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin –…
The U.S. Senate voted to end discussion on Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) and Sen. Robert Bennett’s (R-UT) amendment that would have denied funding for the Census Bureau unless questions were added to the 2010…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has refused to recuse - or dismiss - himself in a criminal appeal. Milwaukee lawyer Robert Henak claimed Gableman has shown bias against criminal defendants and…
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In Support of People’s Rights and Our Democratic Process - 2011
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