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Alex Burness
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Articles by Alex Burness
November 17, 2023
Michigan Law Is First to Automatically Register People to Vote As They Leave Prison
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November 14, 2023
After Ohioans Legalize Weed, GOP Leaders Already Want to Roll Back Key Reforms
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November 8, 2023
Anti-Reform DA Survives in Pittsburgh Region After Switching to GOP
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October 27, 2023
After “Glimmer of a Moment,” Mississippi Once Again Shuts Out Aspiring Voters
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October 24, 2023
In Pittsburgh Region, Criminal Justice Reformers Face Off Against Old Guard
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October 17, 2023
“I Don’t Think They Care”: Virginia Is Slow-Walking the Fix to a Wrongful Voter Purge
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October 12, 2023
Kentucky Activists Step In to Deliver on the Promise of Voting Rights Restoration
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September 15, 2023
Different Futures For Pennsylvania Elections Collide in November’s Supreme Court Race
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September 6, 2023
New Law Could Make It Even Harder to Get Health Care in Deadly West Virginia Lockups
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August 24, 2023
Louisiana First in the Nation to Vote on Banning Private Elections Funding
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August 4, 2023
Massachusetts Is Making Communications Free for Incarcerated People
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July 28, 2023
Kentucky’s Governor Race Could Unwind Voting Rights Restoration
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July 11, 2023
Oregon Wants to Register Medicaid Recipients to Vote. Will Biden Officials Allow It?
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June 21, 2023
Reform Prosecutors Sweep Three Northern Virginia Primaries
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June 16, 2023
The Virginians Who Can’t Vote Because of Glenn Youngkin
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June 8, 2023
Colorado Bans Local Governments From Jailing Immigrants for ICE
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May 26, 2023
‘Everything Was Just a No’: Progressives Frustrated After Colorado Legislative Session
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May 17, 2023
Reformers Soar in Pittsburgh Primaries, Opening New Chapter for Decarceral Efforts
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May 11, 2023
The ‘Stop the Steal’ Judge Who Wants a Seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court
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May 10, 2023
Future of Youth Detention Hangs in Balance of Pittsburgh Election
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April 25, 2023
Police Killing Looms Over May DA Race in Eastern Pennsylvania
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April 14, 2023
Pittsburgh’s Most Heavily Imprisoned Areas Want Change. Will the Suburbs Listen?
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March 28, 2023
“Back to 1902”: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting
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March 17, 2023
Pair of Reforms to Expand the Electorate Become Law in D.C.
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March 13, 2023
New Mexico Is Making It Easier to Vote
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March 7, 2023
Maryland Inches Forward on Harm Reduction to Fight Overdoses
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February 28, 2023
West Virginia Adds to Election Deniers’ Ongoing Takeover of State Politics
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February 22, 2023
Minnesota Is Restoring the Voting Rights of Tens of Thousands
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February 7, 2023
“They Don’t Trust Us”: Nevada Election Workers Still Face Pressure and Harassment
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January 20, 2023
With Marijuana Bill, Minnesota Democrats Seek to Repair Harms of War on Drugs
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January 5, 2023
Committee Appointment Threatens to Derail Criminal Justice Reforms in Colorado
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December 8, 2022
In Rejecting Voter ID Measure, Arizonans Bucked History and Surprised Advocates
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December 1, 2022
Rhode Island Pair, Once Dogged by Criminal Legal System, Elected to Statehouse
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November 22, 2022
To Boost Turnout, Some Cities Just Synced Up Their Local Elections With National Cycles
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November 11, 2022
Immigration Hardliners Lose Sheriff Races in Massachusetts and Beyond
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November 9, 2022
Massachusetts Voters Oust “The Arpaio of the East”
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November 9, 2022
Wins and Losses for State Referendums to Legalize Weed and Psychedelics
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November 7, 2022
Omaha Prosecutor Seeks Re-Election, Two Years After His Party Accused Him of Racism
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October 31, 2022
‘The Arpaio of the East’ Faces His First Opponent in 12 Years. Is Anyone Watching?
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October 13, 2022
Six States Are Voting on Legalizing Weed or Psychedelics
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October 6, 2022
Civil Rights Attorney Vies to Pick Up the Torch of Reform Prosecutors in Massachusetts
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September 30, 2022
Cape Cod Will Decide Whether to “Rip Up” Agreement for ICE Collaboration
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September 16, 2022
Iowa Secretary of State Candidate Vows to Fight New Barriers to Voting
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September 12, 2022
New Washington D.C. Bill Would End Voter Registration As You Know It
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September 2, 2022
Massachusetts Candidates Run for Sheriff as Outsiders to Law Enforcement
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