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January 27, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Yesterday, the Florida House Judiciary Committee passed HB 7, a censorship bill that amplifies the efforts of a white nationalist movement to ban honest dialogue about race in schools and work environments. It...
January 13, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the SPLC Action Fund released the report “Disposable Children: Juveniles with Long Prison Sentences” in Mississippi. The report details the significant rate at which youth incarceration occurs in the state...
January 11, 2022
MONTGOMERY, Ala . -- Following over a thousand public comments, including those from SPLC Action Fund and our coalition partners with Communities Not Prisons, months of protest, and outcries from dozens of local organizations,...
January 11, 2022
ATLANTA – Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Vice President Kamala Harris delivered speeches highlighting the importance of passing federal legislation to address unconstitutional anti-voter state laws as well as partisan...
December 17, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Senate Parliamentarian blocking key immigration components from being included in the Build Back Better legislation, Efrén C. Olivares, Deputy Legal Director of the Immigrant Justice Project...
November 12, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Legislature will convene Monday, November 15 for a special session called by Governor Ron DeSantis in an attempt to block schools, businesses and local governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccines...
November 11, 2021
ATLANTA – This week, the Georgia Senate Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations considered two bills which would significantly restructure major governing bodies of Gwinnett County, the second-largest county in the...
November 03, 2021
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate held a vote to move the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (JLVRAA, VRAA) to the floor for formal debate. This cloture vote failed to receive the necessary 60 votes so the bill could...
November 03, 2021
NEW YORK CITY, NY — Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation banning the display or sale of symbols of hate on taxpayer property. The legislation followed two Long Island incidents where the Confederate flag...
