Colorado is electing a new governor and most members of its legislature this year. Many activists against forced prison labor plan to pressure those running for legislation that delivers on the anti-slavery amendment state voters passed in 2018.
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The unrelated combination of a court ruling and legislation passed in the #Illinois statehouse could lead to a brighter, more stable future for #exonerees in the state that leads the nation in number of exonerations.
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As Athens, Georgia, votes for mayor this Tuesday, a democratic socialist candidate faces a local county commissioner. The candidates have debated the city’s use of Flock surveillance cameras.
Seguin Today reports on a Texas election administrator who resigned under political pressure and harassment from a local Republican party chair:
Do police need a warrant to access your gmail account? What local laws could restrict data tracking? How do other countries protect data privacy?
Our Q&A with legal expert Andrew Guthrie Ferguson answers these and other questions on police surveillance.
California’s sanctuary laws mostly prohibit local law enforcement from assisting with immigration enforcement, but they allow county sheriffs to transfer detained immigrants to ICE custody in some cases. In San Diego, those transfers spiked last year.
A local pastor called today's mayoral race in Frisco, Texas, a “spiritual battle for the soul of the city.” He claims Muslims are looking to gain power “by the ballot and eventually by the sword.” One of the candidates has amplified Islamophobic rhetoric.
Bolts wrote about local organizing to remove Flock cameras and fight police surveillance in other states, including Wisconsin this spring.
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A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from Bolts readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.
Years after voters amended the state’s constitution to ban forced labor in prison, a court ruling could finally make Colorado change how prison guards “compel and coerce” work.
Days after an appeals court ruled that some people should automatically get certificates of innocence, Illinois legislators passed a bill to raise compensation for wrongful convictions.
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June is full of clashes between flavors of the Democratic Party as the two largest blue states hold primaries, from the race to replace Nancy Pelosi in California to a... Read More
A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from Bolts readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.
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(Seguin) -- New details are emerging regarding the abrupt departure of the former Guadalupe County Elections A...
Privacy activists are celebrating Dane County’s decision to end the use of Flock cameras while also calling for protections that can stop the “revolving door of surveillance companies.”
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Community members continue watching immigrant neighborhoods, as disputes between the sheriff and local officials have fueled uncertainty about the region
June is full of clashes between flavors of the Democratic Party as the two largest blue states hold primaries, from the race to replace Nancy Pelosi in California to a... Read More
