May 06, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, FL. – TODAY, Friday May 6, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed an order that placed Florida under court pre-clearance for any changes to election law. The stay allows Florida’s S.B. 524 to take effect, which...
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Alabama
May 03, 2022
Montgomery, Ala – The SPLC Action Fund today announced endorsements in critical races for the 10th Judicial Circuit in Alabama including Tiara Hudson, running for Place 14 and Paul Rand, running for Place 16. “The criminal legal...
Georgia
Press Release
April 29, 2022
ATLANTA, Ga. – Yesterday, Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 1084, which empowers an athletic commission to ban transgender youth from participating in sports that align with their gender identity. The following statement is...
April 25, 2022
Greenville, Miss.—April 25, 2022 —Mississippi civic leaders today challenged state Supreme Court district lines that have gone unchanged for more than 35 years because those lines dilute the voting strength of Black residents in...
April 21, 2022
CABO ROJO, Puerto Rico – On April 19, the Puerto Rico House of Representatives passed Joint Resolution 293 , 46-5, enabling a building honoring Confederate leader J.L.M. Curry to be renamed. The bill now goes to the Senate of...
April 21, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, FL. – TODAY the state legislature passed the congressional map proposed by Governor Ron DeSantis, reducing the representation of communities of color. The new congressional map contains fewer majority-minority...
Alabama
April 21, 2022
Four Alabama parents are asking a federal court to stop SB 184 from taking effect on May 8, saying the law strips them of the right to make important decisions about their children’s healthcare. SB 184 punishes parents and their...
April 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 19, 2022 – The SPLC Action Fund released its first round of research into the 2022 midterm elections in a new report, Exposing Extremism in Elections. The report exposes 66 extremist-tied candidates on...
Alabama
April 11, 2022
Today civil and LGBTQ legal rights advocates SPLC, GLAD, NCLR, and HRC, joined by co-counsel King & Spalding LLP and Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC, announced they have filed a legal challenge in federal district court...
Alabama
Policy
April 07, 2022
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Senate passed House Bill 322 , which bars transgender students from using school facilities – including bathrooms – that align with their gender identity and erases their existence from...
