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• Why cant Parliament get it right?

  
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  A new report has been published by the Political & Constitutional Reform Committee of the House of Commons. It begins... " There has been repeated criticism in recent years, from a variety of sources, about both the quantity and quality of legislation. This is despite changes to the legislative process in the ...
  4 days ago

• Discussion of Austin Energy Governance Ordinance at City Council Abruptly Postponed Until May 23

  
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  Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell just postponed a major agenda item (#15), regarding an un-elected board taking over Austin Energy. Numerous citizens were planning to attend the council meeting tonight to express  concerns, and had gone out of their way to arrange their schedules to be there. The mayor completely ...
  2 weeks ago

• Assembly Committee Votes to Curb California Marine Pollution

  
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  By Leila Monroe Good news came last week when the California Assembly Natural Resource Committee passed Assembly Bill 521 , a bill that would protect our oceans, coasts and communities by adopting a statewide goal of reducing marine plastic pollution by 75 percent by 2020, and by 95 percent by 2025. read more
  2 weeks ago

• What Government Makes

  
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  Government: It’s like making sausage. Ugly to look at, but the results can be spectacular. Taylor Mali once got angry at a man who guffawed at what teachers ‘make’, and gave us great poetry (And something to think about. I had teachers like Mr. Mali, once upon a dark ages ago, and am grateful). Teachers ...
  2 weeks ago

• Climate Change Denial vs. Science at Texas Legislature

  
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  Just before Earth Day, the House of Representatives once again demonstrated its commitment to protecting the fossil fuel industries that fund many of the members campaigns instead of protecting the people of our state from the devastating impacts of climate change by passing HB 78 8. The bill requires the Texas ...
  3 weeks ago

• Texas Legislature Attacking Austin Democracy

  
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  While Austin City Council continues to move forward with an ordinance to transfer governing authority of Austin Energy from our elected City Council to an unelected board, Austin democracy is being attacked at in the state legislature as well.  Senate bill 410 , sponsored by Senator Kirk Watson and Representative ...
  3 weeks ago

• Positive signs for voting-rights laws—even in Pennsylvania

  
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  The backlash against voter suppression may have begun. Following highly publicized efforts by Republican-led legislatures to make voting harder for citizens during the 2012 Presidential election, voting rights advocates are fighting back. And, according to Progressive States Network , more and more states are now ...
  4 weeks ago

• Placate, Litigate, Agitate

  
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  I think it is abundantly clear now that session is over here in Tennessee how important elections are. This year we have become a national laughingstock more than usual. Sen. Stacey Campfield has introduced Don’t Say Gay, Starve The Kids and went as far to put up a pressure cooker photo this week less than a week ...
  4 weeks ago

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