10 Ways the U.S. Has Kept Citizens From Voting
From Poll taxes and literacy tests to ID laws, the U.S. has long-restricted citizens' right to vote. Learn some voting barriers at HowStuffWorks.
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From Poll taxes and literacy tests to ID laws, the U.S. has long-restricted citizens' right to vote. Learn some voting barriers at HowStuffWorks.
The Ohio Valley has been hard hit by the latest surge in COVID-19, and that’s impacting all aspects of the healthcare system. First responders across Kentucky and Ohio have dealt with staffing and bed shortages all while managing a previously unknown virus.
Enjoy a picnic lunch on the Shake Rag Alley campus surrounded by gardens and historic buildings as local musicians provide entertainment before strolling the short path to Alley Stage at 1 pm for a staged-reading of Cassandra, a work in progress by local playwright Jan Levine Thal. Jan Levine Thal is a mother, a writer, a theater activist, more or less in that order. She comes
Justice Served Ohio's junior Senator Rob Portman said Floyd's death was "tragic and should never happen to anyone in America." "I am grateful today that justice appears to be served as we awaiting sentencing," he wrote on Twitter. George Floyd’s death was tragic and should never happen to anyone in America. I am grateful today that justice appears to be served as we await sentencing. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in a statement "our system of justice worked. The jury members listened to both sides, weighed the evidence, and came to this verdict." My thoughts are with George Floyd's family....
Credit Kyeland Jackson / WFPL Lawmakers hurried bills dealing with school choice, broadband funding and tax breaks for data centers through the Kentucky legislature ahead of Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto period, which begins at midnight. The deadline means today is the last day the Republican-led legislature can pass bills and still have the chance to override any vetoes issued by Beshear, a Democrat. Lawmakers will return to consider veto overrides during the final two days of the legislative session on March 29 and 30. But any bills passed on those last days won’t be veto-proof. Here’s...