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Boxes of signatures are displayed after a new conference hosted by Citizens for Voter ID at the Nebraska Capitol building on July 7, 2022, in Lincoln, Neb. Voters in several states are deciding measures that could affect the way they cast ballots in future elections. While some measures would expand access to voting, proposals elsewhere would impose new identification requirements to cast ballots or raise the threshold to pass citizen initiatives. (Noah Riffe/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)

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Voter ID passes in Nebraska as states settle ballot items
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Tue,11/08/22-12:09PM , 57 Reads
Residents of Nebraska approved a new photo identification requirement for future elections as voters in several states decided measures that could affect the way ballots are cast in the next presidential election.
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Members of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, from left, Richard Houskamp, Anthony Daunt and Mary Ellen Gurewitz listen to attorneys Olivia Flower and Steve Liedel during a hearing, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Lansing, Mich. Republican-dominated courts and legislatures have been pushing back against citizen-led ballot initiatives to keep them off the ballot, in what critics say is a partisan attack on direct democracy. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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GOP escalates fight against citizen-led ballot initiatives
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Sat,09/03/22-7:53AM , 105 Reads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions this year backing proposed ballot initiatives to expand voting access, ensure abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona, Arkansas and Michigan.
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Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young holds up a replica of a check sent to resident joint tax filers as part of the "Colorado Cashback" refund Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Denver. More than half of the states with record revenue surpluses have been giving money back to taxpayers at a historic pace this year. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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States tapping historic surpluses for tax cuts and rebates
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Wed,08/31/22-5:18AM , 139 Reads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stoked by the largest surplus in state history, Missouri's Republican-led Legislature devised a $500 million plan to send one-time tax refunds to millions of households. In a shock to some, GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed it.

Parson's objection: He wanted a bigger, longer-lasting tax cut.
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More than 100 opponents of the Republican redistricting plans vow to fight the maps at a rally ahead of a joint legislative committee hearing at the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. In overturning a half-century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe v. Wade had been wrongly decided and that it was time to “return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives” in the states. But some question whether gerrymandering has diminished the ability of state legislatures to truly represent the people's will. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

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Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Sun,07/03/22-8:04AM , 107 Reads
In overturning a half-century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe v.
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