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Penguin Random House · Des MoinesPenguin Random House and the Iowa State Education Association have filed a lawsuit against the state of Iowa challenging Senate File 496. The lawsuit claims the new legislation violates the First and Fourteenth amendments. Several well-known authors whose books have been banned from school classrooms and libraries have joined the lawsuit as well as three Iowa educators, a student, and a parent.See the Story
Iowa Teachers Union, Penguin Random House, prominent authors file lawsuit over education law
100% Center coverage: 2 sources
Senate · OttawaJustice Minister Arif Virani is urging the House of Commons to accept Senate amendments. The changes include a new requirement that judges detail how their bail decisions take into account the circumstances of accused people who are Indigenous or members of other marginalized groups. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association proposed the measure during the Senate's study of the legislation.See the Story
Liberal justice minister accepts Senate changes to government bail-reform bill
67% Left coverage: 6 sources
Senate · AtlantaLawmakers are meeting in special session after U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled in October that Georgia's legislative and congressional maps violated federal law. Jones ordered Georgia lawmakers to draw additional Black majority districts, including one in Congress. Republicans have proposed maps that would create the additional required number of Blackmajority districts.See the Story
Georgia Republicans advance House and Senate maps as congressional proposal waits in the wings
Coverage: 4 sources
Joe BidenThe White House has threatened to veto a Republican Senate resolution that would result in roughly 3,000 federal offenders who were released to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic being sent back to prison. In a statement of administration policy released Wednesday, the Biden administration said it opposes Senate Joint Resolution 47, introduced by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R–Tenn.) in late October. As Reason previously reported, the reso…See the Story
Biden threatens to block GOP plan to send 3,000 people back to federal prison
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
Senate · New HampshireDemocratic voters lost an attempt to block New Hampshire's newly drawn state Senate Executive Council districts. State Supreme Court ruled that their claims fall outside the jurisdiction of the judicial branch. With the newly drawn boundaries, Republicans maintained their 14-10 majority in the Senate and 4-1 advantage on the council in the 2022 elections.See the Story
Democrats lose attempt to challenge NH electoral district maps
67% Left coverage: 3 sources
Senate · BeckleyMelissa Agard of Madison says she will run to replace retiring Dane County Executive Joe Parisi. State law specifically bars her from holding both a Senate office and a county executive office simultaneously for more than two months. Agard plans to convene her fellow Democrats for an election to name a new minority leader “in the near future”See the Story
State Senate Democratic leader to run for a county executive post
67% Left coverage: 3 sources
Marco RubioFIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans are planning to introduce legislation early next week that would punish automakers that move to offshore production and jobs.See the Story
Marco Rubio leads effort to block clean energy credits from automakers that offshore jobs
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
