Tag: initiatives

Ban on college diversity initiatives among bills proposed on KY legislature opening day

A bill prohibiting instruction in Kentucky’s public colleges and universities that promotes such “divisive concepts” as “race or sex scapegoating,” a belief that some individuals are “inherently privileged” and any teaching that suggests all “Americans are not created equal,” was filed by a Republican lawmaker Tuesday, the first day of the legislative session. Sen. Mike […]

Why Democrats can’t rely on abortion ballot initiatives to help them win

Democrats are scrambling to put state abortion-rights initiatives on the ballot this year in the hope that the measures will drive turnout and boost their candidates in national and local elections. But those initiatives may not give Democrats the lift they are aiming for, according to a POLITICO analysis of five abortion-related measures that have […]