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A 2021 tour of the construction of the new Highland Springs High School in Henrico, which was estimated to cost about $80 million. (Photo courtesy of Henrico County Public Schools)
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Missouri
Whether Missourians vote in a referendum on congressional redistricting could turn on the question of what happens to the Aug. 4 primary results, arguments Wednesday in a Cole County courtroom showed. Candidates were nominated in Missouri’s eight districts but six of those districts were redrawn as part of the gerrymandered map passed in 2025 to […]
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This article is developing and will be updated. Early tallies from Tuesday’s statewide primary election showed overwhelming support for a ballot measure that will restrict the amount of money that political candidates can accept from groups and individuals. With 242 of 403 precincts reporting by 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Ballot Measure 1 had the support […]
Illinois
(The Center Square) – An Aurora grassroots group seeking to give city voters the ability to recall the mayor and alderpersons at large has submitted nearly 9,000 petition signatures in an effort to place two referendum questions on the November ballot.
Ohio
Ohio’s local governments cannot fast-track new data centers without giving specific reasons, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week. The decision put an Ashville referendum, which would strike down the village council’s approval of a local data center project, back on track to make Ashville’s ballot. It also makes municipalities that pass future emergency resolutions […]
Missouri
The fate of two proposed ballot measures —- a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map and a constitutional amendment limiting legislative power to alter laws passed by initiative — will go on trial next week, a Cole County judge decided Wednesday. Circuit Judge Daniel Green ordered back-to-back hearings for the two measures Secretary of State […]
Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court wants a quick resolution in lower courts of a lawsuit that will decide if voters will see a congressional redistricting referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot. In a Monday letter to Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green, Chief Justice William Brent Powell noted that state law requires the case to be […]
Wisconsin
Amy Starzecki, administrator of the Superior school district in northern Wisconsin, detailed the financial difficulties her district has faced in recent years to a roomful of public education advocates gathered in the auditorium of Superior High School at the end of July. Starzecki’s district had to transfer $6 million from its general fund to cover […]
Missouri
A campaign seeking to make it harder for lawmakers to alter voter-approved initiatives sued Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on Thursday, asking a judge to overturn his decision blocking the proposed constitutional amendment from the November ballot. The lawsuit, filed in Cole County Circuit Court by three Missourians who signed the Respect Missouri Voters petition, […]
Missouri
The campaign seeking a public vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map is asking a Cole County judge to do more than put the referendum on the November ballot — it wants the court to prohibit the state from using the map at all this fall. What that would mean for the candidates nominated Tuesday in […]
