Doug Johnson, chairman of the Kansas Equal Rights Amendment Committee, asked Senate President Ty Masterson, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, to lead the effort to bring the Senate and House together before Dec. 31 to vote on an amendment that could then be placed before Kansas voters. Two-thirds of both chambers would need to endorse an amendment for it to be placed on statewide ballots in Kansas.
Last week marked the 61st anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act , which banned racial discrimination in voting, and the 51st anniversary of a VRA extension that protected voting rights for non-English speakers. These laws have helped ensure that millions of eligible Arizona voters were able to exercise that fundamental right over […]
Kentucky’s new license plate camera law is now in effect, and it already looks out of step with the Constitution. Just before it took effect, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the commonwealth a warning its lawmakers cannot afford to ignore. On June 29, the Court ruled in Chatrie v. United States that police conduct a […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — A second attempt to open the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school landed in an Oklahoma courtroom on Wednesday in what could be another step toward returning the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue Wednesday was whether the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board acted constitutionally when it twice denied […]
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let state courts resolve a lawsuit between local governments and energy companies they sued for damages over the companies’ contributions to climate change. A 2018 lawsuit filed by the city of Boulder and Boulder and San Miguel counties against Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil […]
Ohio cities with big Haitian populations are preparing for a possible uptick of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after temporary protected status for Haitians ended this week. Carl Ruby, pastor of Springfield’s Central Christian Church, said he recently heard of a new tactic ICE is using in Springfield. “I received a call from a […]
TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general demanded three cities repeal their bans on conversion therapy for minors following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found such bans violate the First Amendment. Attorney General Kris Kobach sent letters Thursday to city officials in Lawrence, Prairie Village and Roeland Park, requesting they respond within 60 days to […]
The federal government has agreed to pay the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $400 million to settle claims of inadequate cost coverage over several years. The settlement, announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Department, stems from a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit tribal health group in 2021 against the Department of Health and Human […]
(The Center Square) – A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow mail-in ballots to be received after Election Day will effectively leave California’s absentee ballot rules unchanged heading into the November midterm election, according to multiple sources.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court could eliminate grace periods for mail-in ballots for overseas voters, officials from voting rights advocacy organizations said on Thursday.
