** Indicates new legislation since our last report Civil Rights & Liberties The Iowa Senate passed SF 2284 which would make it a hate crime to commit an offense against a person because that...
Abortion with Dignity Act: Many anti-abortion statutes violate one of the basic tenets of ethical medicine—informed consent. The Abortion with Dignity Act would provide a reproductive healthcare patient the right to sign a waiver...
Americans who avoid politics are far more likely to pay attention in a presidential election year. This is our chance to persuade. I suspect you may want to talk about single-payer health insurance, a...
** Indicates new legislation since our last report Civil Rights & Liberties The Massachusetts Senate passed SB 2107 and the New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed SB 992 to help close the pay gap...
Tobacco Tax Act: Despite cigarette tax increases in recent years, polls show that voters would gladly raise them higher in places like Idaho, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, California and essentially any other state. The Tobacco Tax...
HIGHLIGHTS So far during the current legislative sessions, abortion rights legislators have introduced at least 131 proactive bills, as well as 16 others that repeal abortion restrictions. Thirty-six bills have passed at least one...
A just-released Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey found that Donald Trump supporters inhabit an alternate reality. They believe in obvious falsehoods. Why is that and what does it mean for political discourse? The poll,...
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act: Despite universal acknowledgement that governments need to act aggressively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, only eight states are real leaders on the issue (CA, MA, MD, MA, NY, OR, VT...
Does anybody like job piracy? By that we mean tax breaks and subsidies to a few corporations for the supposed purpose of enticing them to move jobs from another jurisdiction. As Good Jobs First...
** Indicates new legislation since our last report Civil Rights & Liberties The Massachusetts Senate passed SB 2107 and the **New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed SB 992 to help close the pay gap...