They argued that under the Voting Rights Act, the state should be required to draw a map with two majority-Black districts so that voters in those communities would have the chance to elect ...

In the lower courts, seven judges from across the ideological spectrum concluded that Louisiana’s map needed to include two majority-Black districts to remedy a prior violation of the Voting ...

But similar bills also have been proposed in past years and flopped — including a broader 2019 proposal to ask voters to make Oregon the first state in the nation to lower the voting age to 16 ...

SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill that would give school districts a five-year exemption from requirements banning certain fluorescent lamps. House Bill 2307 is being ...

The OMS, now a facet of Oregon's heritage programs, surgically applies an approach rooted in community self-reliance and local empowerment. The goal: a restoration of central business districts ...

Rebecca Gladstone, representing the League of Women Voters of Oregon, said the organization was neutral on a specific voting age but noted that 33,000 Oregon students voted in mock elections ...

State officials and advocacy groups have appealed a lower court's ruling that found the map laying out Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives districts - with two Black-majority districts ...

Opponents argued that teens at those ages are not fully developed and may be easily influenced by guardians, peers or other outside pressures when voting. Rebecca Gladstone, representing the League of ...