constitutional amendment

This month is make-or-break for ballot measures

U.S.
Amanda Smith

SACRAMENTO, California — The official deadline to qualify measures for California’s ballot does not arrive until the end of June, but the ...

Petition drives to be discussed at open forum on April 4

Trending
Sarah Wilson

By LEWIS DELAVAN / Staff writer The public is invited to hear about several proposed Arkansas constitutional amendments, and an initiated act, ...

French Senate backs enshrining right to abortion in constitution

World
David Turner

France’s upper house of parliament, the Senate, has voted overwhelmingly to enshrine women’s right to abortion in the constitution. The proposal, approved ...

5 states where the abortion fight is likely to play out next

Politics
Amanda Smith

A handful of purple and red states are poised to be the next battlegrounds in the abortion rights fight after advocates won ...

Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. Republicans are scheming to undo it

Politics
Amanda Smith

Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment on 7 November, guaranteeing its citizens the right to abortion access, but a group of ...

Will of the voters? Republicans in Ohio pledge to push back on abortion, marijuana

Politics
Amanda Smith

A majority of Ohio voters on Tuesday chose to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and legalize recreational marijuana. Almost immediately, ...

Oregon Supreme Court to decide if GOP senators who boycotted Legislature can run for reelection

Politics
Amanda Smith

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court will decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout during ...