Alex Burness

Staff writer

Alex Burness is a staff writer at Bolts.

Articles by Alex Burness

November 17, 2023

Michigan Law Is First to Automatically Register People to Vote As They Leave Prison

 Alex Burness,
November 14, 2023

After Ohioans Legalize Weed, GOP Leaders Already Want to Roll Back Key Reforms

 Alex Burness,
November 8, 2023

Anti-Reform DA Survives in Pittsburgh Region After Switching to GOP

 Alex Burness,
October 27, 2023

After “Glimmer of a Moment,” Mississippi Once Again Shuts Out Aspiring Voters

 Alex Burness,
October 24, 2023

In Pittsburgh Region, Criminal Justice Reformers Face Off Against Old Guard

 Alex Burness,
October 17, 2023

“I Don’t Think They Care”: Virginia Is Slow-Walking the Fix to a Wrongful Voter Purge

 Alex Burness,
October 12, 2023

Kentucky Activists Step In to Deliver on the Promise of Voting Rights Restoration

 Alex Burness,
September 15, 2023

Different Futures For Pennsylvania Elections Collide in November’s Supreme Court Race

 Alex Burness,
September 6, 2023

New Law Could Make It Even Harder to Get Health Care in Deadly West Virginia Lockups

 Alex Burness,
August 24, 2023

Louisiana First in the Nation to Vote on Banning Private Elections Funding

 Alex Burness,
August 4, 2023

Massachusetts Is Making Communications Free for Incarcerated People

 Alex Burness,
July 28, 2023

Kentucky’s Governor Race Could Unwind Voting Rights Restoration

 Alex Burness,
July 11, 2023

Oregon Wants to Register Medicaid Recipients to Vote. Will Biden Officials Allow It?

 Alex Burness,
June 21, 2023

Reform Prosecutors Sweep Three Northern Virginia Primaries

 Alex Burness,
June 16, 2023

The Virginians Who Can’t Vote Because of Glenn Youngkin

 Alex Burness,
June 8, 2023

Colorado Bans Local Governments From Jailing Immigrants for ICE

 Alex Burness,
May 26, 2023

‘Everything Was Just a No’: Progressives Frustrated After Colorado Legislative Session

 Alex Burness,
May 17, 2023

Reformers Soar in Pittsburgh Primaries, Opening New Chapter for Decarceral Efforts

 Alex Burness,
May 11, 2023

The ‘Stop the Steal’ Judge Who Wants a Seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court

 Alex Burness,
May 10, 2023

Future of Youth Detention Hangs in Balance of Pittsburgh Election

 Alex Burness,
April 25, 2023

Police Killing Looms Over May DA Race in Eastern Pennsylvania

 Alex Burness,
April 14, 2023

Pittsburgh’s Most Heavily Imprisoned Areas Want Change. Will the Suburbs Listen?

 Alex Burness,
March 28, 2023

“Back to 1902”: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting

 Alex Burness,
March 17, 2023

Pair of Reforms to Expand the Electorate Become Law in D.C.

 Alex Burness,
March 13, 2023

New Mexico Is Making It Easier to Vote

 Alex Burness,
March 7, 2023

Maryland Inches Forward on Harm Reduction to Fight Overdoses

 Alex Burness,
February 28, 2023

West Virginia Adds to Election Deniers’ Ongoing Takeover of State Politics 

 Alex Burness,
February 22, 2023

Minnesota Is Restoring the Voting Rights of Tens of Thousands

 Alex Burness,
February 7, 2023

“They Don’t Trust Us”: Nevada Election Workers Still Face Pressure and Harassment

 Alex Burness,
January 20, 2023

With Marijuana Bill, Minnesota Democrats Seek to Repair Harms of War on Drugs

 Alex Burness,
January 5, 2023

Committee Appointment Threatens to Derail Criminal Justice Reforms in Colorado

 Alex Burness,
December 8, 2022

In Rejecting Voter ID Measure, Arizonans Bucked History and Surprised Advocates 

 Alex Burness,
December 1, 2022

Rhode Island Pair, Once Dogged by Criminal Legal System, Elected to Statehouse

 Alex Burness,
November 22, 2022

To Boost Turnout, Some Cities Just Synced Up Their Local Elections With National Cycles

 Alex Burness,
November 11, 2022

Immigration Hardliners Lose Sheriff Races in Massachusetts and Beyond

 Alex Burness,
November 9, 2022

Massachusetts Voters Oust “The Arpaio of the East”

 Alex Burness,
November 9, 2022

Wins and Losses for State Referendums to Legalize Weed and Psychedelics

 Alex Burness,
November 7, 2022

Omaha Prosecutor Seeks Re-Election, Two Years After His Party Accused Him of Racism

 Alex Burness,
October 31, 2022

‘The Arpaio of the East’ Faces His First Opponent in 12 Years. Is Anyone Watching?

 Alex Burness,
October 13, 2022

Six States Are Voting on Legalizing Weed or Psychedelics

 Alex Burness,
October 6, 2022

Civil Rights Attorney Vies to Pick Up the Torch of Reform Prosecutors in Massachusetts

 Alex Burness,
September 30, 2022

Cape Cod Will Decide Whether to “Rip Up” Agreement for ICE Collaboration

 Alex Burness,
September 16, 2022

Iowa Secretary of State Candidate Vows to Fight New Barriers to Voting

 Alex Burness,
September 12, 2022

New Washington D.C. Bill Would End Voter Registration As You Know It

 Alex Burness,
September 2, 2022

Massachusetts Candidates Run for Sheriff as Outsiders to Law Enforcement

 Alex Burness,