Tag: State news 2023
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New Mexico Supreme Court issues one opinion from April 10-16
The New Mexico Supreme Court issued one opinion from April 10-16. As of April 16, the court issued 11 opinions in 2023 — three more than this point a year ago. The opinion is below: Indigenous Lifeways v. N.M. Compilation Comm’n Advisory Comm., where the court found that “Petitioners [had] not shown that the 2020…
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Colorado Supreme Court issues two opinions from April 10-16
The Colorado Supreme Court issued two opinions from April 10-16. As of April 16, the court issued 16 opinions in 2023 — four fewer than this point a year ago. The two opinions are below: Colorado v. Rainey, where the court “determined a defendant did not have a right to continued representation by a particular…
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Florida Supreme Court issues three opinions from April 10-16
The Florida Supreme Court issued three opinions from April 10-16. As of April 16, the court issued 28 opinions in 2023 —14 fewer than this point a year ago. The three opinions are below: Wells v. State, where the court “affirmed Defendant’s conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death, holding that Defendant was not…
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Iowa Supreme Court issues five opinions from April 10-16
The Iowa Supreme Court issued five opinions from April 10-16. As of April 16, the court issued 40 opinions in 2023 — one fewer than this point a year ago. Three of five opinions are below: Belin v. Reynolds, where the court “affirmed as modified the judgment of the district court denying Defendants’ motion to…
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Texas Supreme Court issue 14 opinions from April 10-16
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued nine opinions from April 10-16. The Texas Supreme Court issued five opinions from April 10-16. Both courts are the state’s courts of last resort. As of April 16, the court of criminal appeals issued 101 opinions in 2023 — 18 more than this point a year ago. The…
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U.S. district judge strikes two Indiana laws affecting teachers union members
On March 30, Senior U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker struck down two Indiana laws passed in 2021 and 2022 that allowed teachers to resign from their union at any time and required annual authorization of union dues deductions. Barker wrote: “Here, SEA 251 and SEA 297 single out a specific group—union-supporting teachers—to subject to additional procedural requirements in order…
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Four states advance bills prohibiting union dues deductions
Four states have recently advanced Republican-sponsored bills prohibiting union dues deductions for certain public-sector employees. Here’s what those bills say and where they stand. Arkansas Arkansas lawmakers delivered Senate Bill 473 to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on April 7 after the House passed the bill on April 6. SB 473 states: “A school district board of directors…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas roundup
Texas is holding elections, including for school boards and city council, on May 6, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection of responses from the candidates…
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Update on this year’s and next year’s ballot measure certifications
As of April 18, 2023, six statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in four states for elections in 2023. That’s the same as the average number (6) certified at this point in other odd-numbered years from 2011 to 2021. For 2024, 28 statewide measures have been certified in 16 states. That’s 10 more…
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Wisconsin introduces unemployment insurance indexing bill
Wisconsin lawmakers on April 7 introduced several bills related to unemployment insurance, including one that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. Assembly Bill 153 would reduce the maximum number of benefit weeks to 14 during times when the unemployment rate is at or below 3.5%. The bill also…