Black women are still underrepresented in America’s statehouses, a new report shows. But Wisconsin is now an exception, according to the data.
Still, Rep. Dora Drake, a Milwaukee Democrat, believes Black women are vastly underserved at the statehouse and their importance to the state goes unrecognized.
A report published in March by National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women and the State Innovation Exchange shows a majority of states have a lower representation of Black women in the state legislature than the percentage of Black women residing in the state.
Wisconsin is one of 14 states that has a higher percentage of representation of Black women in the state s Legislature than the percentage of Black women population.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate moved Wednesday to change state elections based largely on false claims that the November election was tainted, passing bills that would make interfering with election observers a crime and barring polling officials from accepting private grants to aid with administration.
The proposals are part of a larger package of GOP-authored measures addressing issues former President Donald Trump and his supporters raised following Joe Biden’s narrow win in the battleground state. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has complained about Republican attempts to make absentee voting more difficult, is almost certain to veto every one of them.
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In bipartisan effort, Oregon House committee passes package of police reform bills By Jayati Ramakrishnan, oregonlive.com
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Oregon legislators passed 10 police accountability bills through the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, marking a major bipartisan step toward law enforcement reform.
The bills include directives for investigating officers’ backgrounds more thoroughly before hiring them, regulating the types of munitions and weapons police can use, creating a public database with information about officers’ misconduct and discipline, and requiring officers to have specific identification on their uniforms when working in a crowd.
The House Judiciary Committee is chaired by Janelle Bynum, a Clackamas Democrat. Ron Noble, a McMinnville Republican, and Karin Power, a Milwaukie Democrat, are the vice chairs.