Supporters of an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access cheer its passage at a watch party in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023. The state’s voters also defeated a legislatively initiated ...

In Arkansas, we the people have a constitutional right to shape our state’s future through ballot initiatives. Our state constitution grants citizens the power to propose and vote on changes to the ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. The moves were made under the guide of combatting “fraud.” The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is ...

Two ballot campaigns with similar measures could be vying for signatures, funding and attention this summer and fall. The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and Protect AR Rights have similar goals -- ...

A proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul direct democracy in Arkansas has had its ballot language rejected for the second time. Protect AR Rights, the sponsor of a proposed constitutional ...

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Younger generations are justifiably critical of a government that has saddled them with this debt burden, and many of them have lost faith in the capitalist system. A recent survey by the CATO ...

A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the enforcement of several direct democracy-related laws against Arkansas groups collecting signatures to qualify proposed ...

Courts are set to decide a host of cases that will determine the fate of the VRA, confront the latest restrictions on direct ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe walks up to a lectern before a news conference at the governor’s office in Jefferson City in May 2025. Jonathan Shorman The Kansas City Star Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday ...

I received an Alberta Federation of Labour email asking me to sign a petition for the recall of Rebecca Schulz, MLA for ...