by MCDC | Feb 19, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, News
Madison – Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it. Democrats who controlled the Legislature in 2009 changed the law so that...
by MCDC | Feb 18, 2015 | Education, News
Oklahoma Bill Banning AP US History Would Make Students Study Ten Commandments, 3 Speeches By Reagan The bill, authored by Oklahoma Rep. Dan Fisher, designates a total of 58 documents that “shall form the base level of academic content for all United States History...
by MCDC | Feb 15, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Virginia, Voter Rights
Marjorie Hrouda, right, clerk of the House Priveieges and Elections committee, counts the votes of committee chairman Del. Mark L. Cole, R-Spotsylvania, 2nd from right, and others on HB1280 dealing with primary dates in June, during a meeting of the committee at the...
by MCDC | Feb 14, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Education, News
Pro tip: elections have consequences
by MCDC | Feb 4, 2015 | Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Virginia, Voter Rights
RICHMOND — The Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates has intervened in a federal lawsuit that alleges his chamber’s legislative districts were gerrymandered to dilute African-American influence. Howell believes politicians have the right to pick their voters when...
