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Barbara Rodriguez
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Georgia is the epicenter of the fight over how Americans can vote
Legislators have filed dozens of bills that aim to change how people vote, and voting rights groups are pushing back.
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House Democrats pass major legislation on voting rights and government ethics
The bill, which comes as a number of state legislatures push for new voting restrictions, faces steeper odds in the Senate.
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The 19th Explains: What is the Equal Rights Amendment and will it become part of the Constitution?
Senate Democrats failed to garner enough support to consider a bill to recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution.
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Iowa Republican lawmakers fast-track bill to revamp elections, embracing false claims about voter fraud
Several statehouses are advancing bills that experts say will make it harder for people to vote.
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The Virginia legislature just passed a bill to help stabilize its child care centers
It’s one of several states debating and enacting policies to help a woman-dominated industry that has been hit hard by the pandemic.
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Attica Scott is seeking justice for Breonna Taylor. A law named for her would be a start.
Time is running out this year in Kentucky for Breonna’s Law, a police accountability bill, and one state lawmaker is not giving up.
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South Carolina governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
The ban was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. Abortion-rights advocates say the legislation is the first major abortion restriction passed out of a statehouse in 2021.
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Republican state lawmakers want to punish schools that teach the 1619 Project
Lawmakers in at least five states have introduced legislation that threatens to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about the award-winning project.
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A wave of anti-trans bills are hitting statehouses
Experts say that though passing anti-LGBTQ+ bills is a losing battle, some could end up before the Supreme Court.
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Women outnumber men in the Nevada legislature. What difference does it make?
Nevada has the only legislature with more women than men in both chambers. Some academics are studying what that representation means.