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UN Assembly to vote on suspending Russia from rights council

The U.N. General Assembly is voting Thursday on a resolution to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body over allegations that Russian soldiers killed civilians while retreating from the region around Ukraine’s capital

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

UN to vote Thursday on suspending Russia from rights council

The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premier human rights body

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Maryland enacts revised congressional district boundaries

Maryland adopted new congressional district boundaries on April 4 when Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed revised redistricting legislation that the General Assembly had finalized on March 30. Hogan signed the new map after state Attorney General Brian Frosh withdrew his appeal of Circuit Court Judge Lynne Battaglia’s March 25 ruling…

Ballotpedia · Apr 6, 2022

Georgia lawmakers push through election probe regulation

A Georgia law enforcement agency would have authority to investigate election crimes under the latest voting regulation approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Georgia Gov. Kemp ends legislative session with new fuel for reelection fight

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp picked the right time to reach a meeting of minds with the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2022

EXPLAINER: Why some states still lack new voting districts

Campaigns for Congress are underway for this year’s elections, but lingering disagreements over the final shape of new voting districts have left some candidates — and would-be candidates — in limbo

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Ukraine's president to tell UN Security Council about war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Ukraine's president to address UN Security Council on war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Lawmakers revive much of Georgia elections bill on last day of session

ATLANTA — Georgia legislators restored key pieces of an elections bill Monday morning, expanding GBI fraud enforcement and unsealing paper ballots for public inspection.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2022

Maryland Gov. Hogan signs redrawn congressional district map, ending monthslong legal and legislative battle

BALTIMORE — Gov. Larry Hogan, ending a monthslong legal and legislative tussle with Democrats, signed a map of Maryland’s congressional districts Monday that the General Assembly redrew after a judge rejected the first version as extremely partisan.

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022