Voting rights
Tennessee bill to untangle gun and voting rights restoration is killed for the year
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have killed a bipartisan bill for the year that would have let residents convicted of felonies ...
Minnesota Supreme Court to hear felon voting rights case
U.S.
Minnesota’s Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of voting rights for felons on supervised release, with oral arguments scheduled Monday ...
Activists who engage with voters of color are looking for messages that will resonate in 2024
Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s elections in Louisiana didn’t go the way that voting rights advocate Ashley Shelton had hoped, with the ...
Putin Seizes Rights to St. Petersburg Airport From Foreign Investors
Business
(Bloomberg) — President Vladimir Putin ordered the transfer of all the rights to managing St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport from foreign shareholders that ...
In wake of Voting Rights Act ruling, North Dakota to appeal decision that protected tribes’ rights
Politics
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A day after a federal appeals court dealt a significant blow to the Voting Rights Act, North Dakota’s ...
Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage
U.S.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer. Her children didn’t ...
