September 13, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Earlier today, House Bill 87 was introduced into the Florida House of Representatives. Sponsored by Kevin Chambliss, D-Homestead, and Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, this bipartisan bill would change the...
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August 24, 2021
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The bill now awaits action in the U.S. Senate where it must overcome a likely Republican-led filibuster to be...
August 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the incident on Capitol Hill today, Seth Levi, Chief Strategy Officer of the SPLC Action Fund, released the following statement: “We are all grateful that today’s incident was peacefully resolved...
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August 17, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, a non-discrimination ordinance (NDO) introduced by Mayor Steven L. Reed was voted down by the Montgomery City Council. The ordinance promised to bar real and perceived biases in order to make the city...
August 17, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, U.S. Rep. Terri A. Sewell of Alabama's 7th Congressional District re-introduced H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. If passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president,...
August 04, 2021
JACKSON, Miss -- Earlier this week State Auditor Shad White singled out “Medicaid fraud” in his audit of federal money received in Mississippi, claiming that his audit found that up to five percent of Medicaid recipients in the...
July 26, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The SPLC Action Fund has submitted comments to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) regarding the administration of school discipline. The comments urge ED to recognize...
July 22, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. – Yesterday, legislators in the Louisiana House failed to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of Senate Bill 156, an anti-transgender bill that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in sports...
July 21, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. – Yesterday, the Louisiana Senate overrode Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards veto of Senate Bill 156, an anti-transgender bill that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in sports aligning with...
