Lawmakers criticize Arkansas Board of Corrections members, attorney over altered contract • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas lawmakers spent six hours Thursday raking state Board of Corrections leaders and the board’s outside attorney over changes to the lawyer’s contract and how the board conducts its business. Members of the Joint Performance Review Committee criticized prison board chairman Benny Magness and secretary Lee Watson over the handling of the lawyer’s hiring. They […]
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ bid for continued mayoral control of city schools killed by NY lawmakers in state budget
Metro By Carl Campanile and Vaughn Golden Published March 13, 2024, 8:02 p.m. ET Albany lawmakers are killing Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of getting an extension of his control over New York City public schools included in the state budget, The Post has learned. Adams will instead have to hope the legislature passes an extension […]
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Bi-partisan legislation seeks to guarantee IVF protections in SC • Arkansas Advocate
COLUMBIA — Legislation intending to ensure in vitro fertilization remains an option for South Carolina women trying to get pregnant was introduced this week as a reaction to an Alabama court ruling that put IVF programs there on hold. Bills introduced in both the House and Senate, mostly by Democrats, explicitly protect the fertility treatments, […]
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If Arkansas claims to protect life, it needs to do more for mothers and infants
Public officials and journalists use the word “crisis” a lot, sometimes when a situation is less than critical. But when it comes to the state of maternal health in Arkansas, “crisis” seems a mild term. The statistics on maternal deaths certainly paint a dire picture, and a new report last week added to the sense […]
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Sarah Palin Rode Alaska Scandal To Political Stardom | #alaska | #politics
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Oct. 22, 2010 — The massive corruption case that was brewing in 2006 meant trouble for many of the Alaska’s most entrenched politicians. But for one newcomer from Wasilla, the scandal presented an opportunity. From the early days of her primary campaign for governor, Sarah Palin had cast herself as a reformer, a Republican […]
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The Decision That Could End Voting Rights | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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A federal court’s opinion yesterday could render the Voting Rights Act meaningless, if the Supreme Court upholds it. Robert Abbott Sengstacke / Getty November 21, 2023, 9:32 AM ET The right to vote free of racial discrimination was won by blood and sacrifice, those of both the soldiers who fought to preserve the Union and […]
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Special master to submit proposals for new Alabama Congressional Map ahead of deadline | #elections | #alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Today, Sept. 25, marks the deadline for a special master to submit three proposals for the new Alabama congressional map to the federal court. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that found the map used in the 2022 elections likely violated the Voting Rights Act. Governor […]
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CT would have led by example with Ranked Choice Voting bill | #alaska | #politics
Bipartisan legislation to allow our political parties to use Ranked Choice Voting in Connecticut’s presidential primaries was proposed by a pair of reform-minded lawmakers — a Democrat and a Republican — during the recent session of the Connecticut General Assembly, but it did not move out of its legislative committee of cognizance. Their bill had […]
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GOP takes first step to override abortion veto | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
North Carolina GOP takes first step to override veto of 12-week abortion limit Updated: 7:03 PM EDT May 16, 2023 North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to override the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in the first of two steps necessary to enact the policy over […]
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Changes expected when Arkansas legislators convene
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – In addition to several new faces, a few changes are expected when Arkansas lawmakers convene on Jan. 9. According to our content partner, Talk Business & Politics, more than one-quarter of the Arkansas House and Senate will include new faces. The 94th General Assembly is expected to address several issues, including […]
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