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The Supreme Court of Florida announced Monday it would hear three hours of oral arguments on Feb. 29 about the reapportionment maps for the Florida House and Senate. The justices gave attorneys for the House and Senate 45 minutes each — for a total of 90

Former Idaho state Rep. Bonnie Douglas, D-Coeur d'Alene, was among those testifying against HB 530 this afternoon in the House Health & Welfare Committee. “I was a teenager with acne, I have acne scarring,” she told the panel. “I was put on birth-control

"A commemoration of Black History Month, or: Why Democrats have been racists for 200 years." As the first black congressman from Florida since Reconstruct

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Legislative sessions sometimes run like roller coasters — chugging upward at first, building momentum, zipping through a plateau or two, then clattering to a tumultuous finish that leaves a few people thrilled, some a bit dazed but everyone glad it's ove

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In a Dec. 31, 2011 letter to the editor of the Albany Times-Union, New York State League of Women Voters President Betsey Swan stated: “The League of Women Voters of New York State is outraged at the state Legislature’s inability to agree on a primary el

Published: 2/19/2012 8:22 PM | Last update: 2/19/2012 8:22 PM The Kansas Voter Coalition won't discuss specific legal strategies against the law, but Ernestine Krehbiel, president of the Kansas League of Women Voters, told The Wichita Eagle the group opp

It was the kind of local government feud that a chamber of commerce would rather keep behind the scenes. But that fight over water played out in public and under threat of lawsuit a decade ago when Asheville declined to extend a waterline needed for a ne

A coalition is considering a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new voter photo identification law, but Secretary of State Kris Kobach is confident the law will hold up in court.The need to pay for some underlying documents in order

A coalition is considering a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new voter photo identification law, but Secretary of State Kris Kobach is confident the law will hold up in court. The need to pay for some underlying documents in orde

To the Times: In reply to the letter of (Jan. 26) concerning Voter Photo ID, League of Women Voters stands for more participation of citizens in their government. Government leaders should not be discouraging voters from taking part. This Voter Photo ID

But where are the voices crying out for inclusion and empowerment; voices and eyes which should be the watchdogs for democracy? Aren’t there organizations specifically created for these types of political discussions? Like the NAACP; or the League of Wom

and education expert Pasi Sahlberg described this world — and what it has to offer American educators — during a special presentation Thursday at the Marin County Office of Education, co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Marin County. wellness."

Evelyn Landforce passed away on Feb. 4, surrounded by her family, after gracefully living with cancer for more than three years. She was 89. She is fondly remembered by all who knew her as a kind, calm, capable woman who was a constant inspiration to oth

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The three candidates trying to replace Shasta Lake City Councilwoman Dolores Lucero will be debating Thursday and again in March. Hosted by the League of Women Voters and sponsored by the Shasta Lake Chamber of Commerce, the forum will feature questions

Two constitutional amendments aimed at taking politics out of redistricting didn't stop Republican legislators from rigging the new political boundaries to maintain GOP power; they only forced politicians to be more clever about hiding their tracks, crit