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The Alabama Senate Thursday approved legislation creating a uniform suspension and expulsion process for public K-12 students. HB 188, sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, extends due process to children in the school disciplinary system. The bill passed 32-0. “They are the only body that did not have due process,” said Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, […] The post Alabama Senate approves bill providing due process for public school students appeared first on Ala...

Alabamas front line advocates focused on disability, voting and civil rights are taking legal action against what they see as voter suppression. Organizations including the ACLU, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, and Greater Birmingham Ministries have filed a lawsuit to block Senate Bill 1, which has just become state law. It restricts community groups, churches and even neighbors from helping people with absentee ballot applications. ...

The process for correcting ballot errors is set to become easier this year thanks to a bill passed in Olympia this session. Lawmakers unanimously approved Senate Bill 5890, which aims to reduce ballot rejection rates because of issues like mismatched signatures. Jazmine Smith, political manager for The Washington Bus, a youth voting organization, said the changes will reduce disenfranchisement. ...

A Morgan County sheriffs corporal who, along with her boyfriend, was charged with trafficking fentanyl after deputies justified a search of her home by finding marijuana detritus in her outside

Southern States A ‘Breeding Ground’ For Hard Right Legislation.

Local election leaders in North Dakota do not feel like political violence is something they will encounter but a new national poll added to the list of concerning sentiments among voters, keeping offices on their toes. In the latest new PBS/Marist poll, one in five U.S. adults believes Americans may have to resort to violence to resolve political divisions. ...

In the battle for democracy, grassroots organizations throughout the South are actively engaging voters on the issues that directly affect their communities - including voting rights, reproductive rights, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The groups Alabama Values and Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement hosted a roundtable discussion - called "As Goes the South" - to shed light on legislation of concern in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Rhyane Wagner, senior p...

By Megan Henry for the Ohio Capital Journal.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan reporting for Ohio Capital Journal-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. For the first time since 2008, two women are serving as the minority leaders of their caucuses in the Ohio Statehouse. Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood, became leader in 2023 and Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington, became leader in 2022. ...

An Alabama student spent his senior school and athletic year in limbo after he would not confess to something he said he didn’t do.