Some big city Texas mayors seek friendlier tone with state’s GOP leaders
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After nearly a decade of high tensions between Republicans running the state and leaders of the state’s bluer urban areas, some mayors of major Texas cities are trying a new playbook: play nice […]
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The U.S. House of Representatives has a governing problem: Alaska has some answers | #alaska | #politics
Sherman is press director for Unite America, a philanthropic venture fund that invests in nonpartisan election reform to foster a more representative and functional government. The U.S. House of Representatives has a governing problem. From a near-shutdown to an inability to elect a Speaker, these past several weeks have further exposed the polarizing incentives driven […]
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Alabama inmate may be first person to be executed this way | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Home Daily News Alabama inmate may be first person to be… Death Penalty Alabama inmate may be first person to be executed this way By Debra Cassens Weiss November 7, 2023, 12:24 pm CST The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the state to use nitrogen to execute a man for his role in a 1988 […]
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Former mayor of small Missouri town ‘lined her own pockets with city funds’
JEFFERSON CITY — A new report is raising questions about what a small town Missouri mayor did with more than $66,000 in taxpayer funds. In a report released Wednesday, state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said the former acting mayor of Holland, located in Missouri’s Bootheel region, failed to deposit money to pay city utility bills in city […]
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Nebraska voter ID implementation plan advances despite objections | #elections | #alabama
A plan for implementing Nebraska’s new voter identification requirements cleared a major hurdle Monday, despite fierce objections from the senator who led efforts to put voter ID on the ballot. Senators advanced Legislative Bill 514 past first-round consideration on a 43-1 vote, after adding an amendment backed by the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. […]
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Montana Ban Targets TikTok, Along with China and Big Tech | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
You’re reading Route Fifty’s State and Local Roundup. To get the week’s news to use from around the country, you can subscribe here to get this update in your inbox every Friday. *** It’s Friday, May 19, and we’d like to welcome you to the weekly State and Local Roundup. There’s plenty to keep tabs on, with a proliferation of […]
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Direct democracy proves too scary for red state legislatures; so, they change the rules | #elections | #alabama
David J. Toscano is an attorney and a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He is the author of Fighting Political Gridlock: How States Shape Our Nation and Our Lives, University of Virginia Press, 2021, andBellwether: Virginia’s Political Transformation, 2006-2020, Hamilton Books, 2022. Sometimes, the people want change so much that they resort […]
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School choice floated as educational policy change in Arkansas
Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios School choice, a hot topic for which Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has voiced support, allows parents to apply to send their K-12 children to schools other than the public school in their district. Driving the news: Last week was National School Choice Week, aimed at helping parents discover education options, including traditional […]
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Arkansas Capitol diary: What we’re watching after week 3
Photo: Worth Sparkman/Axios Arkansas’ new governor continued to issue executive orders as lawmakers worked through their third week of the 60-day general session. Catch up quick: As of Thursday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced four orders for the week. Here are two of interest: An order repealed former Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s orders establishing the Infrastructure […]
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Some state, federal, tribal documents would be accepted under Nebraska voter ID bill | #elections | #alabama
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen appoints Pete Ricketts to the U.S. Senate. LINCOLN — The senator who led the successful ballot initiative to require voter identification in Nebraska introduced a bill Tuesday to carry out the requirement. Legislative Bill 535 spells out acceptable types of identification, requirements for providing ID with mail-in ballots and the […]
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