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Is SCOTUS About to Finally Give Voters a Win on Gerrymandering?
All rise. The fearsome gerrymander is back before the Supreme Court of the United States.In the days since SCOTUS announced its decision to review partisan district-drawing cases in both Maryland and ...
11 Jan, 2019
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Two Reasons to be Cheerful About Lobbyists
In December, I wrote an article on a particularly egregious case of the famous legislative "revolving door." After sixteen years in the South Dakota Legislature, Senator Deb Peters announced her resig ...
02 Jan, 2019
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5 min read
OPINION: Partisan Games are Damaging Our Democracy - Here’s How We Can Fix It
It has been one month since the 2018 midterm elections were decided. Much in our politics has changed: the Republicans built on their majority in the US Senate, while Democrats won back the House of R ...
13 Dec, 2018
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Rep. Scott Peters "Considering" 2020 San Diego Mayoral Run
San Diego, Calif.- In a story on The Hill, Rep. Scott Peters is considering running for San Diego mayor in 2020.In an email exchange with Peters' office last week, a spokesperson wrote to IVN San ...
11 Dec, 2018
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Cannabis Cash: City of San Diego Grabs Over $6 Million in First Year
San Diego, Calif.- The City of San Diego is cashing in with its first year of taxing and collecting fees for cannabis.Businesses are taxed at a rate of 5 percent of monthly gross receipts, which will ...
06 Dec, 2018
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4 min read
OPINION: Kasich Should Run for President as a Reformer
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaning strongly toward running for president in 2020 as a third-party candidate -- the wisest course for him. But if he does, he should make systemic political refo ...
05 Dec, 2018
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5 min read
Quick Take: 2018 Saw The Highest Midterm Turnout Since Universal Suffrage
The 2018 midterms saw the highest turnout in a non-presidential national election since universal suffrage. This historic high stands in stark contrast to the 2014 midterms which saw the lowest t ...
03 Dec, 2018
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A Tale of Two Elections: A Nationwide Referendum and a Revolt Against the Two-Party Duopoly
There were two elections on November 6.The first was a national referendum on President Trump that saw Democrats win a majority in the House of Representatives after nearly a decade out of power, whil ...
20 Nov, 2018
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4 min read
Here is Everywhere Nonpartisan Reform Won Big in 2018
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The biggest story in the 2018 election cycle was not what color of wave we saw. It was not President Donald Trump using the Ecuadorian immigrant caravan as a campaign issue. It was ...
19 Nov, 2018
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10 min read
50 Major Ways The Democratic Party Has Sold Out Its Own Values
Many political commentators today are perplexed by what seems to be the increasing polarization of the two party system in America, and the rising tensions that have accompanied a rhetorical arms race ...
03 Nov, 2018
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15 min read