Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Automatic (or automated) voter registration can be seen as new, or it can be seen as an updated version of processes put in place by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). That law, also known as “motor voter,” pioneered a new way of registering to […]
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Calling All Voters
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Next Tuesday, August 14, is a very important day for our state. It marks the date of the 2018 Partisan Primary Election and much is at stake. Clearly, the marquee matchup on this year’s primary ballot is the gubernatorial contest. Eight Democrats are running in the August […]
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The President King
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Last week the nation observed the 242nd anniversary of the founding of this nation. America has long prided itself as the sterling example of a free and robust Democracy. A democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and […]
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Blatant Supreme Court Dodge
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young After months of speculating, the U.S. Supreme Court finally got around to rendering its decision in Wisconsin’s patently-partisan gerrymandering case. And for all intents and purposes, the high court basically opted to punt. Rather than addressing the pertinent legislatively question: Can a redistricting plan be so partisan […]
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Trump’s Latest Blame Game
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young In all honesty, I thought I had completely exhausted all my derogatory comments and criticisms about this incompetent president, Donald Trump, and his equally-inept administrative staff. But, Trump’s ruthlessly vindictive border patrol policy has taken his presidency, in my view, to a new abysmal low. Let’s examine […]
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Combating Summertime Hunger
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Just in case you haven’t notice, most kids are now jumping for joy. After all, it’s summertime and no more school–at least for a while. But, there is also another reality to consider during this much anticipated summer break: When the school year ends, many children and […]
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The Foxconn Water War
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Ready or not, the Foxconn debacle is about to begin in earnest. It’s estimated that up to 1,000 gravel-laden dump trucks are now poised to rumble through once-fertile farmland in Racine County, to make way for the massive Foxconn manufacturing experiment. But, apparently, not all’s well in […]
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Income Inequality: A Moral Disgrace
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young We all remember Bernie Sanders unsuccessful run for the White House in 2016. One of Bernie’s core campaign themes was the issue of wealth and income inequality. And, according to Sanders: “Today, we live in the richest country in the history of the world, but that reality […]
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Texas Governor’s Dosey Doe on Gun Violence
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young America has some serious soul-searching to do! In the wake of two more school shootings last week in Texas and Georgia, it remains to be seen if federal and state lawmakers, and Republicans in particular, are finally ready to introduce some meaningful measures to thwart the never-ending […]
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Remembering the Historic Brown Decision
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young On Thursday, May 17th, marked an historic milestone in American history. Regrettably, most Americans were totally unaware of the 64th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in […]