A grant is helping student parents at a college in northwestern Montana. The Aspen Institute has announced Blackfeet Community College and seven other institutes around the country have joined the Black and Native Family Futures Fund. Linda Sue Racine is a counselor and the coordinator of the $75,000 grant at the school. .
Critics say West Virginia is taking a step backward by dropping out of the Electronic Registration Information Center system known as ERIC. Run by states for the past decade, ERIC operates as a nonprofit membership organization aimed at helping improve the accuracy of state voter rolls by allowing states to share information about their voters. Natalie Tennant, former Secretary of State, said the state is dumping the system previously praised by election officials in both Red and Blue states without thinking ahead about how to maintain clean voter rolls. .
American democracy is in mortal danger as the 2024 election approaches, according to experts at a conference held at the University of California, Los Angeles on Friday. Millions of Americans still believe the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen, and the insurrection that took place on January 6th of 2021 proves that some are willing to resort to violence. UCLA Law Professor Rick Hasen organized the conference and said some groups are actively working against the will of the voters. .
Nevada now supports 1.5 million jobs, according to a new report. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation s January 2023 economic report showed the number of jobs in the state is up 6% over the past year. David Schmidt, chief economist for the department, said the state has continued to recover from the COVID-19 recession and is continuing to add jobs across various sectors. .
A new law in Arizona could allow parents and guardians of children who attend public schools to carry their guns on campus if they hold a valid concealed-carry weapons permit. SB 1331 is making its way through the state House after having received approval from the House Judiciary Committee. Current law prohibits loaded guns and firearms on schools as well as college and university campuses. .