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A California superior court judge has tentatively denied a group's request to change language describing a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools.
Maine has charted a new course in the tumultuous waters of U.S. presidential election reform by adopting the National Popular Vote law, inching the country closer to a future where the popular vote could decide the highest office in the land. https://youtu.be/94xoW0ozM90?si=hoWTEvXAlH9UFlzG Maine Governor Janet Mills permitted a bill to pass into law without her…
Most American downtowns are slowly fighting off the "urban doom loop." Minneapolis is on a good trajectory, but San Francisco is failing.
After much public debate, a Maine law has brought the country closer toward having the popular vote determine the winner of national presidential elections -- but it's unlikely that will happen before November or even at all. Earlier this week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills allowed a bill to become law without her signature that would take effect once the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is able to gather pledges for at least 270 electoral votes — the number of delegate votes needed to elect a president. The movement has now gathered pledges from 17 states and Washington, D.C., ...