The Senate Appropriations Committee allows public speakers and the House Appropriations Committee should too for the sake of transparency and accountability. Arizona state leaders should listen to the opinions of Arizona citizens.

In order for the State of Colorado to consider the Chicano License Plate, we need 3,000 signatures. From the Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales library to the "El Movimiento" museum exhibit, we can see the impact of our Chicano commUNITY -- now we just need the DMV to join. Servicios de La Raza is a 501(c)3 non-profit supporting these plates and we already have sponsors from both Colorado State Senate and House. All we need now is help from our Colorado comUNIDAD! Proceeds from sales on these plates will benefit Chicano-serving non-profits across Colorado like Servicios de La Raza. IMPORTANT: You must meet requirements as being a Colorado Resident -- you CAN sign as an undocumented resident of Colorado -- you CAN sign if you're at least 16 yrs old More info at https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv/new-colorado-0

The Flint water crisis represents the worst possible intersection of racial and economic inequality, as well as political exploitation and corruption in the United States. But it is larger than Flint. It connects to the dangers faced by Black communities around the country, who are exposed to toxic chemicals and environmental hazards every day.1 Across the U.S., predominantly Black and low-income communities are at dire risk of severe, lifelong health problems caused by lead poisoning. The federal government needs to take action to ensure that Black and low-income communities are protected from environmental hazards that negatively affect their health and livelihoods. Unfortunately, Congress has slashed the budget of the Centers for Disease Control—and slashed the lead prevention program as a result. There is one easy step Congress can take to fight lead-poisoned drinking water: restore funding to the CDC's Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

A 5 member BOS allows for a better representation of all of Nottingham's residents. It provides protection from a "super majority" of two pushing personal agendas. It prevents the frequent "conflict of interest" that occurs in a smaller town from being left in the hands of two people who could potentially be split on a decision and delay action. It protects from the same one or two persons being over represented on town subcommittees, allowing for more diverse opinions and knowledge. While the petition process only allows the question to be voted on, it is of *paramount* importance that supporters of this measure vote for this Warrant Article on the Special Ballot (March 8th), and attend the Town Meeting (March 12th) to make sure the measure is not defeated by a minority of opponents in that forum. We can only change our Town for the better by directly engaging and supporting measures like this that will benefit our Citizens in the years to come.

The Massachusetts public records law is broken. Our freedom of information law hasn't been substantially updated since 1973 and has received an F grade multiple years in a row. Journalists, citizens, and all those with a need - and right - to know what their government is doing are too often unable to find out. We need reform to bring added sunshine to our state and help protect the public's right to know.

We need real reform and these three steps will drastically change the economic future of past and current students and of our country. It allows past and current students a way to pay the debts and halts the fraud of the department of education which has blocked our access to the free market. The system would regain checks and balance to stop the fraud of our educational loan system.

1994: The first lie... and apology http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/us/politics/chris-christie-first-campaign.html 2010: First call-out regarding travel expenses http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/gov_christie_cited_as_us_attor.html 2010: $400 million in federal education reform funds; mistake or vendetta? http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/error_on_race_to_the_top_appli.html 2012: Temper, temper, temper http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/gov_christie_takes_part_in_hea.html 2013: The bridge closing; why did they think they could? http://www.mediaite.com/online/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chris-christies-bridgegate-scandal/ 2013: Grade-school one-upmanship at the Supreme Court level http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/gov_christie_takes_part_in_hea.html 2015: Hugs and contracts; a love affair with Jerry Jones http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/port_authority_awarded_contract_to_christies_cowboys_owner_jones.html 2015: Going down? State credit rating sure is http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/nj_credit_rating_cut_record_ninth_time_as_moodys_c.html

I am concerned about the lives of Illinois' most vulnerable residents. IL still has no budget and hence is not paying for social service programs and schools. Our governor is leading our state towards a public health and educational crisis. So far 4700 residents will lose needed social services, 30 programs have closed, and 750 jobs have been lost- mine or yours could be next! This is unfair and poor management of our state tax dollars. Please take a stand and sign this petition! Debbie

To stop another attempted act of voter suppression by the Arizona Republican Secretary of State Michelle Reagan, Arizona Republican governor Ducey and the Rught wing extremist Az Republican legislature.

Oregon's elections are dominated by huge contributions. The Oregonian says that campaigns for the Oregon Legislature are the most expensive in America per capita, except New Jersey. Single Individuals and single corporations often make contributions in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to candidates. It now costs $600,000 to $1 million to win a contested race for the Oregon Legislature, even though a seat in the House can be won with as few as 12,000 votes. No wonder that the long-standing State Integrity Investigation of the Center for Public Integrity and Public Radio International in November 2015 gave Oregon an overall F grade on avoiding corruption in state government, as well as Fs on political financing, executive accountability, lobbying disclosure, and ethics enforcement agencies. Oregon's overall rank fell from 14th to 42nd, the biggest drop of any state. It's time for Oregon to join the other 45 states with limits on political contributions.

Any day now, the full California Assembly will take a final vote on AB 700, the California DISCLOSE Act (Gomez-Levine), and strike the biggest blow yet against the unlimited secret money unleashed by Citizens United. AB 700 requires that ballot measure ads and ads about candidates by outside groups clearly disclose their top three true funders — on the ads themselves. TV and video ads will display the top 3 true funders in easy to read text on a black background on one-third of the screen for a full 5 seconds. There are similar powerful rules for ads on radio, in print, online, even robocalls. Equally important are rules for earmarking to identify true funders when they try to hide behind shell groups with misleading names. It's time to stop the deception! Assemblymember Baker is a key vote. Sign and share the petition urging her to vote “Yes” on AB 700 before it's too late!

Congressional gerrymandering in Ohio by Republicans has ensured that they control 12 of 16 districts; even though our state is considered balanced - or "purple". These districts as drawn have no regard to city, county or township lines; such as Scioto County being split in half between the 2nd and 6th Congressional Districts. For more, please read: http://workplace.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/01/24/1-help-to-end-gerrymandering.html