A loss for fair wages, a win for the restaurant industry
ballot measures
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Missouri Lawmakers: Show Me a New Abortion Ban
The legislature could spend early 2025 debating how to upend the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights that voters just passed.
Posted inTAP
Couch Carries California
Today on TAP: The Democratic base voters who stayed home, and voting Democrats’ rejection of urban disorder, swung the Golden State.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Dislocations
Seven states passed constitutional amendments protecting abortion this year, but the backlash from anti-abortion forces has only just begun.
Posted inPolitics
The Harsh Realities Behind North Carolina’s Noncitizen Amendment
The successful ballot measure hasn’t gotten much notice in the wake of Trump’s victory, but it has dangerous implications.
Posted inEducation in America
A Win for Kentucky Public Schools
Kentucky voters soundly rejected sending taxpayer dollars to private schools, showing yet again that Kentuckians stand with public educators.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Washington State Keeps Its Cap-and-Invest Climate Plan
Evergreen State voters decide that the billions in revenues generated by the Climate Commitment Act are worth preserving.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Washington Tests Its Climate Ambitions
A ballot initiative funded by a millionaire transplant threatens the success of the state’s signature cap-and-invest program.
Posted inPolitics
Turning Around the Hudson Valley
Democrats performed badly north of New York City in critical House races. Can they do better this year?
Posted inWorking in America
Massachusetts Ballot Measure Criticized for Creating Gig Worker ‘Company Unions’
Uber and Lyft are not opposing Question 3, which would give some bargaining rights to drivers but keep them as independent contractors without full labor protections.
