Choose Smart Justice, Not a Half-a-Billion Dollar New Jail
Instead of wasting our money on a project that will solve precisely none of the problems it is meant to solve, we should be investing that money in ways that uplift our communities and our people.
House Committee Wins Rusty Scalpel Award for Hurricane Frankenbill
The House public safety committee voted to gut a criminal justice reform bill and replace it with a bill looking at hurricane-resistant school structures with no input from advocates or the community.
A Reasonable Gun Regulation For All Of Us
Both gun-control advocates and Second Amendment activists should support banning “bump stocks” and other rate-of-fire modifications.
County Preemption Measure Dies in Committee
A bill that would have given the state broader authority to preempt county ordinances it finds inconvenient failed to find enough support to pass through the senate agriculture committee.