Voting Laws In Several States Remain UnsettledPam Fessler
Joe Biden won New Hampshire by seven points, but Republicans flipped the state house and senate and kept the governor's mansion. When it comes to voting laws, the state House is considering proposals that would eliminate Election Day voter registration, and would prohibit students from using thei...
Washington had no estate tax during the years when Bezos was building Amazon into a commercial giant, but that changed after 2005. Now Washington has the steepest death tax in the nation, with a top rate of 20 percent on estates worth more than $9 million. Florida, on the other hand, ...
But the world has changed. Dramatically. Let’s look at some data from a column in the New York Times by Dean Spears, who teaches at the University of Texas. We’ll start with this chart showing that the world’s population will peak in 2085 and then dramatically decline. Why will the...
As we approach the general election this fall, we're entering a brave new world of potential threats to democracy. While the new laws are a good first step at addressing these threats, the election may uncover all the ways in which they fall short....
The photo ID measure finally made the ballot this year thanks to an initiative petition drive bankrolled by Marlene Ricketts, the mother of term-limited Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts. He said the 2020 election revealed that “people had concern about the integrity of our voting systems,...
At least six states and the District of Colombia over the last six years have prohibited their employees from taking work trips to states with laws that, in their view, discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. California’s prohibition is by far the most sweeping, ...
Democracy is not an adornment or publicity stunt; rather, it is meant to be used to solve problems faced by the people. To judge whether a country is democratic, it is important to see whether its people run their ...
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance held arally in New Hampshireon Sunday, saying he hoped to flip the state, which President Joe Biden won in 2020. "I believe that in two days, we're going to turn New Hampshire red and make Donald Trump the next president of the United...
But two Supreme Court cases in the past decade have also changed the guardrails for gerrymandering. In 2013, Judges ruled in Shelby County v. Holder that a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 regarding federal approval on redistricting plans, no longer applies. ...