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Civil Rights Groups Call on Major Corporations to Stick With DEI Programs
A broad group of civil rights organizations are calling on the CEOs and board members of major companies to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. read more >
by Associated Press -
Federal Appeals Court Won’t Revisit Ruling That Limits Scope of Voting Rights Act
The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP, which are challenging Arkansas’ new state House districts under the law, have argued last year's ruling would remove a key tool for voters to stand up for their rights. read more >
by Associated Press -
Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act, Ruling That Private Plaintiffs Can’t Sue
The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis found that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires political maps to include districts where minority populations' preferred candidates can win elections. read more >
by Associated Press -
Go Forward? Pine Bluff Might Try Again on Special Sales Tax
Go Forward Pine Bluff, the nonprofit formed to improve the southeast Arkansas city, will likely dissolve if a five-eighths-cent sales tax used to support the agency isn’t renewed, its CEO says. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Blacks Eye Seats on Appellate Courts
A Black candidate has never been elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court. A group of plaintiffs hopes to change that with a federal lawsuit. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
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