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Category:April 2011
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Pages in category "April 2011"
The following 194 pages are in this category, out of 194 total.
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- Abortion amendment one step closer to Tennessee ballot
- Action pending against Florida appellate judges
- Alabama circuits not keen on Friday closings
- Alabama courts will layoff employees
- Alabama legislature looks to increase income tax deduction for businesses
- Alaska Judicial Council nominates Judge Levy and Attorney Menendez for superior court judgeship
- Applicants sought for Denver Probate Court
- April 2 is election day in Louisiana
- Arguments on Letter in Allgier Case Heard by Utah Supreme Court
- Arizona voters will vote on changes to judicial selection
- Arkansas sales tax question heading for the 2012 ballot
- Arkansas Senate amends House Congressional redistricting map, keeps Fayetteville in 3rd District
- As Kasich signs SB5, referendum battle begins
- As Virginia congressional map advances, backlash over state plan continues
- Assault charge dropped against part-time judge
- Attorney, disbarred from Maine's state courts, won't be practicing in its federal courts, either
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- Ballot Law Update: Court decisions shape initiative and referendum
- Ballot Law Update: States propose 201 laws affecting initiative and referendum
- Barbara Lenk nominated to Massachusetts Supreme Court
- Bills to block stay on school reform bills pass Idaho House, face Senate vote
- Black bear hunting ban could be repealed by Colorado lawmakers
- Branstad signs Iowa redistricting plans
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- California Legislature commends African-American justices
- Circulation approved for Arkansas medical marijuana question after multiple rejections
- Circumcision ban supporters file over 12,000 qualifying signatures in San Francisco
- Clark County Circuit Court becomes latest switch to new system
- Colorado lawyers lauded for pro bono work
- Columbia attorney fills vacancy on 13th Circuit
- Commission on Judicial Selection Recommends Four Candidates to Governor Dayton
- Connecticut Judicial Branch hiring magistrates
- Convicted Stepdad Denied Bid for Fourth Trial
- Court of Appeals Judge Theodore Carlson passes away at the age of 72
D
- Danelle Liwski appointed to Pima Superior Court
- David Bruns appointed to Kansas Court of Appeals
- Death sentence recommended for taxi driver
- Debate continues on Connecticut's budget proposal
- Delaware Senate votes to open redistricting process to the public
- District of Columbia appellate judge to retire
- DUI judge charged with DUI
E
- Early voting begins in West Virginia's primary
- Edmund Acoba nominated for Kauai Fifth Circuit District Court
- Eight apply to fill former judge's seat
- Eighth District judge can retire or face removal proceedings
- Eleven apply for Fifth District vacancy
- Entire state Supreme Court recuses itself from case
- Eric Griego declares candidacy for Congress, will not run for re-election to state senate
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- Family Court Judge announced to fill vacancy in Morgan, Hampshire and Mineral counties
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/13/2011
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/20/2011
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/27/2011
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/6/2011
- Federal judge rules that Kentucky can restrict speech of attorneys
- Final days to register for KY gubernatorial primary see divorce, endorsements, and tax records
- Financial discrepancies discovered in Michigan district court, judge placed on leave
- First 2011 state legislative elections signature filing deadline arrives at 4 p.m. today
- Former senator accused of accepting bribe appeals ruling
- Fourth time's the charm
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- Hawaii Supreme Court will select member of Reapportionment Commission
- Hearing date set on proposed changes to the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct
- Hispanic lawmakers file redistricting lawsuit in Texas
- Holland confirmed to historic third term
- House Speaker's list highlights politics in merit selection
- Huval wins District 46 special election
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- Idaho Supreme Court to decide on Canyon County open records case
- Idaho's high court rules that schools are not responsible for wrongful conduct of students
- Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and others hold April 5 election
- In Louisiana, it's a redistricting map!...sort of...
- Incumbent emerges as winner in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
- Indiana chambers pass redistricting legislation
- Indiana forms group to assess civic engagement
- Iowa Governor signs bill dealing with judicial appointments into law
- Iowa House nixes proposed judicial nomination amendment
- Iowa Legislature passes redistricting plan
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- Lawmakers in nine state form caucus to battle TSA rules
- Lawmakers send revisions to Missouri's "puppy mill" measure to the governor's desk
- Legality of Nebraska's purchase of lethal injection drug questioned
- Legislators in North Carolina try to ban "foreign law" in courts
- Louisiana legislator sponsors bill to create an independent redistricting commission
- Lubbie Harper and Carmen Espinosa join Connecticut courts
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- Maine plan to overhaul legislature presented to committee
- Maine's high court clarifies tax rules for pilots
- Manufacturers allowed to appeal planned wind farm
- Marion County Circuit judge retiring
- McDonnell vetoes Virginia state redistricting plan
- Medical marijuana measure circulating in Idaho
- Michigan Attorney General contests District Judge's term dates
- Mississippi judge suspended
- Missouri "puppy mill" compromise offered for consideration
- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signs "puppy mill" revisions
- Montana Governor vetoes repeal of 2004 medical marijuana measure
- Mountain View Murder Trial begins
N
- Nation's largest school choice voucher bill passes IN House
- New First Judicial Circuit judge appointed
- New Hampshire flirts with Right-to-Work
- New Jersey Democrats claim victory in legislative redistricting process
- New poll shows support for Arizona Clean Elections law
- NH Federal court rejects health care lawsuit
- NH Supreme Court upholds delayed murder conviction
- NJ Surpeme Court blocks destruction of police notes
- NLRB targets Arizona and South Dakota in secret ballot lawsuit
- NM Supreme Court to rule on public records case
- No pending Vermont legislative referrals for 2011 or 2012
- Nominee selected by President Obama for the Southern District of New York
- Nominees announced for Georgia Superior Court vacancy
- North Dakota legislators unanimously refer measure to remove poll tax and 'paupers, idiots'
- North Dakota Senate defeats proposed Board of Education overhaul
- NY courts begin to feel effects of budget cuts
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- Obama nominates two to fill federal court vacancies
- Oklahoma bill would change signature requirements for ballot initiatives
- Oklahoma gets in on ballot measure action; certifies property tax proposal
- Oklahoma judges respond to highest female incarceration rate
- Oklahoma moves to finish redistricting ahead of schedule
- Oklahoma voters to decide on affirmative action ban in 2012
- Opponents launch Maryland petition drive to repeal in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
P
- Patricia Milun appointed to Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
- Paul LePage faces coalescing recall efforts
- Petition signatures submitted for North Dakota religious freedom measure
- Plan to split Supreme Court moves ahead in Florida
- Planned budget cuts in Oregon run afoul of the federal government
- Potential appellate judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals nominated by Obama
- Public funding ban measure lands on Arizona 2012 ballot
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- Racketeering judge exposed in Texas
- Redistricting Roundup: Citizen activist organizations work to reform redistricting
- Redistricting Roundup: Deadlines looming for many states in redistricting process
- Redistricting Roundup: Lawsuits dominate early stages of redistricting processes
- Redistricting Roundup: New maps sent to McDonnell in Virginia while controversy continues in Colorado
- Redistricting Roundup: Virginia legislature sends maps to governor's desk, inching closer to an on-time completion of the process
- Republican governor uses veto in battle with Democratic legislature in New Mexico
- Residents Call for Removal of Third District Judge
- Response proposal to Nevada arena initiative advances to Senate
- Rhode Island Governor Issues Letter of Marque
- Richard Lannon appointed to Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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- Same-Sex Partnership Dismissed by Montana Judge
- Second ballot spot for Arkansas legislative referrals taken by development district measure
- Signatures piling up in Ohio Senate Bill 5 referendum process
- State control of city's finances declared constitutional
- State corporate farming law challenged
- State court clerks allowed more freedom in court activity reporting
- Superior Court judge calm about next year's election
- Superior Court judge to step down
- Supporters of defeated Colorado civil unions bill may plan ballot initiative
- Supreme Court orders school district to disclose teachers' salaries
- Supreme Court to hear "legislative cannibalism" case
- Supreme Weekly: Checking in with Alabama, Connecticut, Florida and Arkansas
- Supreme Weekly: Elections past and future
- Supreme Weekly: Politics, budget and a nomination
- Supreme Weekly: Vacancies in California, Virginia and New Jersey
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- Tamara O'Brien appointed to Summit County court
- Tennessee House approves photo ID requirement for voting
- Texas House redistricting likely to end in court
- Texas Open Meetings Act survives another challenge
- The Morning After: If the results are close, what happens next in Wisconsin
- The Morning After: Wisconsin Supreme Court election still not decided
- The Tuesday Count: days for legislative sessions are numbered
- The Tuesday Count: five state measures move forward to ballots for 2012
- The Tuesday Count: four newly certified measures are up for a vote in 2012
- The Tuesday Count: measures certified, approved and repealed
- Third and final amendment sent to the ballot by Arkansas lawmakers
- Three to run for Snyder County Magisterial seat
- Three vacancies to come in Lane County
- Three vacant seats filled in Tuesday's special elections
- Two new judges appointed to Massachusetts courts
- Two nominees for federal court announced by the White House
- Two weeks to go before the Kentucky primary
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- Vacancy in First Judicial Circuit filled by governor's appointment
- Vermont State Senate passes legislation to put state on the path to single-payer health care
- Vermont Supreme Court Rules Ballots Public Record After 90 Days
- Virginia begins special redistricting session
- Virginia House approves state legislative redistricting plan
- Virginia legislative redistricting plan headed to McDonnell
- Virginia Senate approves state legislative redistricting plan
