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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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This week’s Beyond the Network takes a look at some of the issues happening outside the Midwest, and provides a national perspective on some of the issues that Midwest Democracy Network covers. Read on, read on!
We brought you a Redistricting Round-Up earlier this week, but there have been some big developments in Midwest redistricting since then.First, Midwest Democracy Network’s Draw the Line campaign has…
Updates throughout the midwest on the redistricting front as all states in the Network are engaged and moving forward in the process.MichiganKyle Caldwell of the Michigan Nonprofit Association pens an article for the Detroit Free Press on the importance of…
Census data for all states has been released, and redistricting is well under way all across the Network . Keep up with redistricting news throughout the week at Draw the Line Midwest. Here’s some of the news…
Network partners announced their participation in the Draw the Line Midwest campaign earlier this week, and they have hit the ground running with organizations and collaboratives preparing for the next steps of the redistricting process. From forums in…
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In Support of People’s Rights and Our Democratic Process - 2011
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