by The Conversation | Feb 6, 2024 | Progress & Solutions
Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston In the blur of breaking news, one of President Joe Biden’s first speeches of the 2024 campaign was given in South Carolina and has already been mostly forgotten in the...
by Governing Magazine | Jan 22, 2024 | Progress & Solutions
Republished with permission from Governing, by Carl Smith In Brief: The great majority of Americans believe crime is increasing. However, data collected by the Department of Justice shows that personal and property crimes have been trending down significantly for...
by Governing Magazine | Jan 21, 2024 | Progress & Solutions
Republished with permission from Governing, by Carl Smith In Brief: Several states are considering pay raises for state legislators. Aside from questions of fair compensation, low pay is seen as a barrier to increasing diversity in legislative bodies. It’s not clear...
by Governing Magazine | Dec 24, 2023 | Progress & Solutions
Republished with permission from Governing.com, by Carl Smith In Brief: In the 2021-2022 election cycle, the biggest public-sector unions spent more than $700 million on election-related activity. This included $160 million from union political action committees....
by Governing Magazine | Dec 17, 2023 | Progress & Solutions
Republished with permission from Governing.com, by Carl Smith In Brief: The 2020 election season included threats and intimidation of election officials and voters at levels not seen in previous years. A recent lawsuit brought under laws enacted in the late 19th...
by Common Dreams | Dec 15, 2023 | Progress & Solutions
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Olivia Rosane More than 16,000 institutions like universities, pension funds, and governments that hold more than $40.6 trillion in assets have now divested from fossil fuels, the Global Fossil Fuel Divestment...