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California would benefit from building more housing and having more experimentation with how public services are delivered.
California would benefit from building more housing and having more experimentation with how public services are delivered.
Proposition 33 would repeal all of California's state-level limits on rent control. It's passage could prove to be a disaster for housing supply in the Golden State.
Mom-and-pop marijuana operations do not exist in Florida. That's by design.
The state has been demanding that TV stations remove political ads in support of a reproductive freedom amendment on the ballot this year.
Conservatives blame Proposition 47 (2014) for higher rates of shoplifting in the state, but the real story is more complicated.
There are any number of reasons to support or oppose a switch to ranked choice voting, but most of the opposition comes from the majority parties.
Trump says the legislature should ban public pot smoking but that we shouldn't waste money arresting adults for possession.
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An amendment in the state's election law would delay implementation of a proposed November ballot initiative. Voting organizations urge a governor's veto.
Once again, DeSantis is a guy who claims to love freedom—until he disagrees with the choices some adults make.
Reproductive freedom initiatives are advancing toward November ballots, putting the matter of abortion access in voters' hands.
Instead of a hefty real estate tax hike, voters want more logical, long-term solutions to a genuine crisis.
Jackson County, Missouri, voted not to extend a sales tax that would have benefited the Chiefs and the Royals.
Oregon lawmakers recently voted to recriminalize drugs after voters approved landmark reforms in 2020.
Jackson County, Missouri, residents should not be billed for the undertakings of private businesses.
The reversal of a landmark reform was driven by unrealistic expectations and unproven assertions.
The measure, which will be on the March 5 ballot, would greatly expand the SFPD's power while subjecting it to even less scrutiny.
Ballots should be counted quickly and accurately.
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The "Taxpayers Bill of Rights" requires that the state return excess revenue to taxpayers. A ballot question could change that.
A plan to have the state take control of Maine's two private electric utility firms has divided the political left.
A wave of ballot measures reminds us most Americans are moderate on abortion.
Prohibition is at the root of the hazards that have led to record numbers of opioid-related deaths.
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The cannabis initiative will appear alongside a measure aimed at protecting abortion rights, which could boost its chances.
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A ballot initiative approved in November decriminalizes consumption of natural psychedelics.
S.B. 58, which emulates an initiative that Colorado voters approved last month, would legalize the use of five psychoactive substances found in fungi and plants.
The new ban, which has been blocked by a state judge, so far has fared better in federal court.
Alcohol-related ballot measures were in play in several states last week. The results were lukewarm.
By making e-cigarettes less appealing, it will discourage smokers from switching to a much less hazardous nicotine habit.
Proposition 122 is the broadest liberalization of psychedelic policy ever enacted in the United States.
Two more states legalized recreational marijuana on Tuesday, while decriminalization of five natural psychedelics looks like a winner in Colorado.
On Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, and Oregon approved ballot measures that removed exceptions to anti-slavery laws in their state's constitutions, effectively banning forced prison labor.
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Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont embraced constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights, while Kentuckians rejected an anti-abortion amendment.
Some reformers opposed the initiative, deeming it anti-competitive and needlessly prescriptive.
A 2020 initiative was overturned by the courts, and this year's version was rejected by voters.
Early polling showed a majority favored the change, but support fell in the face of opposition from leading Republicans and conservative groups.
Bring on the black market.
The debate over bail has become a polarizing flash point. But as usual, the answer is more nuanced than either Republicans or Democrats would have their bases believe.
Voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing adults 21 or older to use cannabis and instructing legislators to authorize commercial production and distribution.
Abolishing party-specific primary elections makes a lot of sense, and might help steer American democracy back towards the center.
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The constitutional amendment is an attempt to undermine the state's flat income tax system.
The proposed constitutional amendment would shift the state's balance of political power.