Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights for Felons on Probation

Challengers argued that the new law was unconstitutional because it returns voting rights to felons on release, before civil rights are returned. The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2023 state law returning voting rights to Minnesotans with felony convictions immediately after their release from prison. In its Aug. 7 ruling, the state’s highest court

John Avlon Says He’s Been Living on Long Island for Years. Public Records Raise Questions.

After years of commenting on politics, CNN weekend anchor John Avlon, a self-proclaimed “centrist,” decided to, in his words, “step up and get off the sidelines.” In February, the former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter announced that he was running as a Democrat to unseat Republican representative Nick LaLota in New York’s First Congressional District, located in

Biden-Harris Admin Said a $1B Program Would Bring Thousands of Solar Panels to Puerto Rico. Years Later, Only a Few Have Been Installed.

The Biden-Harris administration has, for years, vowed to deploy thousands of solar panels to stabilize Puerto Rico’s power grid amid regular blackouts, government mismanagement, and ever-increasing residential electricity rates. But, years after making that promise, a $1 billion program central to that effort yielded only a tiny handful of solar panels, the Washington Free Beacon