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Maine's gun laws couldn't stop 2 deadly shootings this year. Are more laws the answer?
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 3—Joseph Eaton, a convicted felon, was prohibited by federal and state law from possessing firearms. But those bans did not stop him, fresh out of prison, from staying at a home where firearms ...
Advocates plan ‘boots on the ground’ efforts to reach Nebraskans affected by new felon voting law
Nebraska Examiner via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLINCOLN — Roughly 7,000 Nebraskans today can directly benefit from a newly passed state law that...
Jack McMorrow's Maine mystery-solving days are numbered
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMay 26—Jack McMorrow's editors at the New York Times sent him to Maine on what they thought was a soft and fuzzy story about the day-to-day workings of a small-town newspaper. But McMorrow found ...
State high court: Barring felons from voting not unconstitutional
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that barring felons from voting doesn't violate the Minnesota constitution, a long-awaited decision that arrived as the DFL-controlled Legislature is ...
Donald Trump Guilty Verdict: Reactions
Time via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAfter former President Donald Trump was found guilty in his Manhattan criminal trial Thursday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’...
Letters: Longtime Republican has had enough of party's misinformation and delusions
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI was registered as a Republican for over 30 years and have always voted for the person, not the...
Maine Democrats warn against a second Trump term at state party convention
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoJun. 1—BANGOR — Energized by this week's felony convictions of former President Donald Trump, Democratic leaders told a crowd of about 1,100 people at the state convention at the Cross Insurance ...
People with felony convictions can now vote in Minnesota; secretary of state celebrates
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt a celebration of Minnesota’s new law that restores voting rights to people who have left prison,...
Editorial: A felony conviction should not come with a life sentence on voting rights
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOnce you do your time for a criminal conviction, you deserve to have your voting rights restored. A...
Trump found guilty on 34 felony counts in NY hush money trial
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoJurors in New York state court on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of...