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Missouri Senate fails to vote on initiative petition changes after Democratic filibuster

Missouri Senate Democrats filibustered efforts to bring a vote on legislation seeking to raise the bar for passing ballot initiatives in the state. ....

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'It dilutes their vote': Plan to restrict MO ballot measures could face legal trouble

Missouri lawmakers are considering a plan that could give rural voters more influence in elections over state constitutional amendments. ....

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Why anti-lynching bill took so long

On March 29, President Joe Biden signed a bill to make lynching a federal crime. Devised by a group of Black lawmakers in the House and Senate Tim Scott of South Carolina, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Bobby Rush of Illinois and Kamala Harris of California (when she was still in the Senate) the law comes into being after more than 200 failed attempts, over more than 100 years, to pass anti-lynching legislation through Congress. ....

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Opinion | This Is Why It Took More Than 100 Years to Get an Anti-Lynching Bill

Our political system was the primary obstacle to protecting the lives and livelihoods of its own citizens. ....

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