The Oregon Secretary of State refuses to certify a duly qualified state constitutional amendment that would secure the right to democratic local self-government. This writer…
The Inlander: Worker Bill of Rights will be on ballot as city declines to appeal judge’s ruling
The Worker Bill of Rights is the fourth initiative from Envision Spokane, now operating under Envision Worker Rights, to qualify for the ballot. It would…
Vindy.com: Mahoning elections board votes to keep Youngstown anti-fracking proposal off ballot
With the Mahoning County Board of Elections unanimously voting to keep a Youngstown anti-fracking charter amendment proposal off the Nov. 3 ballot, backers of the…
Read the Dirt: Hundreds of Communities Are Building Legal Blockades to Fight Big Carbon
Communities across the country - threatened by harmful carbon extraction - are leveraging community rights and lessons from indigenous peoples to use rights-based legal strategies,…
The Spokesman-Review: Recognize workers’ rights
While The Spokesman-Review got it right that all qualifying citizens’ initiatives should make it onto the ballot, the editorial board continues to get it wrong…
The Bradford Era: New defendants want in on Highland Township injection well lawsuit
A natural gas driller suing Highland Township in federal court claims attempts by outside parties to intervene in the case, one involving a municipal ban…
The Vindicator: Youngstown council puts anti-fracking amendment on November ballot
YOUNGSTOWN — City council voted today to put an anti-fracking charter amendment proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot, and the Mahoning County Board of Elections…
EcoWatch: Corporate Rights Trump Democracy in Ohio Fracking Fight
People who oppose having their communities transformed into corporate resource colonies are familiar with the Halliburton Loophole, a secretly drafted edict that places the oil…
Ohio SOS in hot water over dismissing unconventional oil & gas ballot proposals
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has been sued by 10 residents of Fulton, Medina and Athens counties after he invalidated hydraulic fracturing ballot proposals.…
Pagosa Daily Post: Coloradans for Community Rights Submits State Ballot Initiative
Coloradans advance their campaign for a statewide community rights state constitutional amendment for the 2016 ballot. Residents across the state refuse to remain resource colonies…
Vindy.com: Youngstown council to vote Monday to put an anti-fracking charter amendment proposal on ballot
City council will vote Monday to put an anti-fracking charter amendment proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot, and it appears the Mahoning County Board of…
The Colorado Statesman: Activists tweak message, timing in latest anti-fracking ballot fight
Activists will take another crack at passing the Colorado Community Rights Amendment, a proposed ballot initiative designed to give localities a veto over corporate activity,…
E&E Reporter: Fracking foes ask Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate ballot drives
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted blocked the initiatives in Athens, Fulton and Medina counties on Nov. 13, 2014, saying local governments cannot get around…
NGI’s Shale Daily: Ohio Organizers Sue Secretary of State For Invalidating Anti-Fracking Petitions
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) has filed a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted for his recent decision to invalidate petitions…
Judge sets path for voters to decide renewable energy ordinance
The second of two legal challenges filed in opposition to a proposed “community Bill of Rights” relating to energy production and consumption in Columbia County…
Fracking Fight Heats Up In Ohio
With the oil and gas industry already reveling in a recent Ohio Supreme Court decision stripping local control on fracking and other extraction activities away…
Lawsuit filed against Jon Husted over Medina County charter ballot issue
A Medina County environmental organization Wednesday sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted after he threw out a fall ballot issue last week that would…
Union Leader: Northern Pass project remains a lightning rod
Opposition to Northern Pass - a 180-mile proposed route through NH of high transmission wires and steel towers reaching 140 feet in height - remains…
Local groups sue Husted over invalidating Nov. 3 charter initiatives in Medina, Fulton and Athens counties
Residents of Medina, Fulton and Athens counties filed a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted this week for blocking local votes on county…
Supreme Court to rule on anti-fracking measures
Representatives of committees in Athens County and two other Ohio counties seeking passage of anti-fracking county charters are asking the Ohio Supreme Court to order…
The Olympian: Fracking foes sue Ohio elections chief over ballot ruling
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Residents in three Ohio counties contend in a lawsuit that Secretary of State Jon Husted violated their rights when he invalidated ballot…
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