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Gov. DeSantis Backs Education Budget Proposals, Special Session to Undermine Public Schools

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...

SPLC Action Fund: In Electoral Ambush of Gwinnett County, Key Georgia Senate Committee Hijacks Special Session to Target Voters in State’s Second-Largest County

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...

SPLC Action Fund: Anti-Democracy U.S. Senators Block Debate on John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act that Would Restore Voting Rights Act of 1965

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...

SPLC Action Fund Applauds New York’s Ban on Hate Symbols; Urges More States to Take Courageous Step Forward

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...

SPLC Action Fund Applauds Senate Confirmation of Catherine Lhamon

October 20, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following today’s Senate confirmation of Catherine Lhamon for Assistant Secretary of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Education, SPLC Action Fund Chief Policy Officer LaShawn...

SPLC Action Fund: Debate on Vital Bill to Strengthen Democracy Blocked by Partisan Political Loophole

October 20, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate held a vote to move the Freedom to Vote Act to the floor for formal debate. This cloture vote failed to receive the necessary 60 votes so that the bill could be debated formally. Full language...

SPLC Action Fund: U.S. Senate John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is a Step Towards Restoring Vital Provisions of the Voting Rights Act

October 06, 2021

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Senate version of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) was introduced . A version of the bill was passed in the House of Representatives on August 24 . Both bills reactivate Section 5...

Building mega prisons will not solve incarceration crisis in Alabama  

October 01, 2021

Montgomery, Ala.-- Earlier today the Alabama Senate passed legislation that would build two new mega-prisons for $1.3 billion, with about $400 million of the money coming from COVID relief funds allocated to the state via the...

Bipartisan legislation introduced for diversion programs and expunction of juvenile arrest criminal records 

September 27, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In an effort to give children every chance to succeed in life, House bills 195 and 197 and Senate bills 342 and 344 have been introduced for the 2022 Florida legislative session. The legislation would expunge...

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Tell Your Legislators: Alabama Shouldn't Use American Rescue Plan Funds to Build Mega-Prisons

September 22, 2021

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