Librarians gain protections in some states as book bans soar
Newly donated LGBTQ+ books are displayed in the library at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond, Calif. California is one of six states that have enacted laws to fight against book…
Promises to reduce California’s high living costs conflict with state’s progressive policies
While post-election autopsies vary on why Democrats fared so poorly in November, there is general consensus that a major factor was voter resentment of high inflation in their costs of…
Democrats pick Matt Ball to replace Chris Hansen in Colorado Senate
A view of the Colorado Capitol on Jan. 25, 2024. (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline) Denver policy director Matt Ball will replace outgoing Sen. Chris Hansen in the Colorado Senate, a vacancy…
Kemp unveils plan to to spend millions intended to restore order in Georgia prisons
The U.S. Justice Department said in October that it had reasonable cause to believe that Georgia violates the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect incarcerated persons from violence and sexual…
The Meyer Plan: Preservation, medical school, offshore wind for Sussex
Why Should Delaware CareSussex County’s population has boomed in recent years, leading to a fraught balancing act to serve those new arrivals and maintain a rural lifestyle. Governor-elect Matt Meyer’s…
The guardrails impermissibly bind future legislatures
This is the fourth of a six-part series on the constitutionality of the state’s “budget guardrails.” Here are Parts One, Two and Three. The second bedrock rule of legislative procedure…
Poll: Maryland voters back cooperation with feds on immigration enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the field in a 2019 file photo. A new poll shows a large majority of Marylanders support seeing local police work with federal…
Hartford schools dodging accountability regarding grad’s illiteracy
Fifty years ago, during the bad old days of the state Department of Children and Families, when it was called the Department of Children and Youth Services, a clumsy mechanism…
CT should stockpile abortion meds
In an October 2024 Connecticut Mirror poll, almost half of all voters and three quarters of Democrats listed reproductive rights and abortion as key issues. With the election of Donald…
What might an interim Gov. Hall-Long do? Look to history
Why Should Delaware Care?The state of Delaware has a new governor as of Tuesday, as Bethany Hall-Long took office following the resignation of John Carney, who has become mayor of…