From abortion, to guns, to unions, the legislature used the lame duck session to shuffle the state to the right.
Abby Rapoport
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Election Officials Defend Their Partisan Status
While they complain about the politicking, plenty of state election officials believe it is more transparent to be affiliated with a party.
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Political Punishment as Policy
The implications of what being a right-to-work state means for Michigan
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Schools in the Crosshairs
Starry-eyed education reformers have found yet another panacea for saving public education: parent-trigger laws.
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Remember that Provisional Ballot Problem?
In Ohio, it hasn’t gone away.
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Anti-Testing: Unlikely Common Ground?
At first glance, the 2012 elections didn’t seem to have much bearing on education policies. After all, the fundamental debates around schools-whether to increase the role of testing, merit pay, charter schools, and school choice-are, for the most part, outside the realm of partisan politics. Among both Democratic and Republican leadership, there’s a fair amount […]
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When Majorities Don’t Mean Control
For the second time since 1965, Democrats might have a majority in the New York Senate. But they’re probably not going to control it.
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Who Counts in Arizona?
For first-time voters, the state’s hundreds of thousands of unprocessed ballots could foster distrust in the system.
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Progressives: The Biggest Winners of State Ballot Measures
Things just got good for Washington State’s gay charter school teachers, who can now inhale and really enjoy the food at their weddings.
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Democrats Make Gains in Statehouses, but Republicans Still Dominate
Democrats gained back some of the chambers lost in 2010, but Republicans had big wins of their own.
