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How Supreme Court Elections Set the Stage for Coming Battles, from Voting to Abortion - Bolts
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More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits that are increasingly dead on arrival at the federal level.
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Trump Allies Gain Power Over Elections in Arizona's Largest County - Bolts
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Justin Heap, an Arizona lawmaker who has pushed for severe voting restrictions and whose campaign was led by an indicted 2020 “fake elector” for Donald Trump, has won control of... Read More
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A Scandal-Plagued Sheriff Wins Another Term in North Texas - Bolts
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Fort Worth advocates who have spent years protesting and demanding outside intervention over rising jail deaths say they’ll keep pursuing other paths for accountability.
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To Tackle Housing Crisis, These Organizers Want to First Change How City Hall Works - Bolts
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Advocates in Bozeman, Montana are using a once-in-a-decade chance to reshape local government structure to create more equitable representation and, eventually, more affordable housing policy.
on Oct 9
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Arizonans Defeat Three GOP Measures That Would Have Restricted Their Voting Power - Bolts
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The measures would have largely ended judicial elections and squashed future citizen-led initiatives, which progressives have used to pursue priorities like abortion access.
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Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders - Bolts
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Ohioans on Tuesday rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have created a new independent redistricting commission and stripped elected politicians of their power to draw congressional and legislative... Read More
on Nov 6
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Voters Dismiss Two of California's Leading Progressive Prosecutors - Bolts
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Los Angeles' George Gascón and Oakland's Pamela Price sought to use their offices to redress the harms and disparities of the criminal legal system. Both suffered large defeats this week.
on Nov 8