Today on TAP: Wisconsin Republicans are poised to impeach a state Supreme Court justice whom the voters just recently overwhelmingly elected.
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Posted inPolitics
The Rise of Ma and Pa Paxton?
If history repeats itself, the attorney general’s wife could prosper even if he goes down in an impeachment trial.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Federal Highway Safety Regulator Torpedoes Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Legislation
The federal regulator cites concerns over hacking, but that argument is an industry pretext.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Maine Unions Near Compromise With Governor on Offshore Wind
The governor rejected a bill requiring a project labor agreement in the state’s contract with offshore wind developers. Now, she is said to support a similar proposal that drops the term ‘PLA.’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Minnesota Stands Out in Midwest on Abortion
After ‘Dobbs,’ state lawmakers moved decisively to liberalize reproductive rights laws.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Pleasant Surprises From the Roberts Court
This session’s rulings on voting rights have broken with recent trends.
Posted inTAP
Should Oregon Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting?
Today on TAP: Not if the state’s progressives and Democrats hope to be winning elections
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The Republican Attack on Tenure
Today on TAP: The defenders of tenure as protecting academic freedom would have more credibility if they had resisted the plague of adjunct appointees, who have neither job security nor decent pay.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How New York’s Democratic Socialists Brought Unions Around to Public Renewables
State lawmakers worked hard to convince utilities and construction union members that they would not end up on the chopping block.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Black Political Power Still Traumatizes the White South
After ‘Milligan,’ some redistricting cases may find their way back to state lawmakers who fear Black voters—and the multiracial coalitions they can anchor.