Louisiana Voice: “Calvin Duncan was convicted in January 1985 of first-degree murder. The only thing was, he was innocent. Then Assistant District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro suppressed exculpatory evidence. It wasn’t until January 2011, after spending nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he never committed, he was allowed to plead guilty to a reduced…

Off the Kuff / TPR: “A committee of the Texas House of Representatives voted late Friday afternoon to impose financial penalties totaling nearly $422,000 on Democratic House members who broke quorum last August to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from passing a controversial mid-decade congressional redistricting plan. The GOP-led Committee on House Administration imposed…

Facing South: “This past March, three Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly who had sided with Republicans on key votes lost their primary elections to progressive challengers. The defeated incumbents included Rep. Carla Cunningham, a Charlotte-area legislator who voted with the Republican majority 84% of the time and helped the GOP overturn 15 vetoes…

Georgia Public Broadcasting: “Existing voting machines print ballots with a QR code that scanners use to tally votes. A 2024 law requires removal of those QR codes by July 2026. But the Legislature has failed to pass any bills to fund an alternative for QR codes on ballots or to push back the July 1…

March 28, 2026 marked the third national No Kings day of action — the largest single-day protest in American history, with an estimated 8 to 9 million participants across more than 3,300 events nationwide. The South showed up. VIRGINIA Virginia Mercury: Richmond’s No Kings protest draws thousands through the city. WSLS: “Demonstrations were held in…

NY Times: “Last June, the man credited with introducing President Trump to his wife asked the administration for a favor. Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent turned presidential special envoy, had learned that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend was in a Miami jail on fraud charges — and they were in a custody battle over their teenage…

CNN: “North Carolina State Senate leader Phil Berger on Tuesday conceded his primary race to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page — a political earthquake that took down arguably the most powerful politician in a pivotal swing state. A full machine recount held Page’s narrow 23-vote lead in the March 3 Republican primary for state Senate…

CNN: “As speculation continues about what Kamala Harris will do next, she has at least the first part of an answer: a swing through four Southern state Democratic Party events in April. She’ll appear at fundraisers for the North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia state parties the week of April 13, then follow that with…

HuffPost: “Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, the House Ethics Committee found Friday — a ruling that could add weight to Republicans’ push to expel her from Congress. The panel found that Cherfilus-McCormick had committed 25 ethics violations, with a recommended punishment to follow in the…

ABC News: “A federal judge on Friday dismissed misdemeanor charges against two former Louisville police officers who were charged with providing false information on a search warrant that led to the fatal March 13, 2020, police raid at the apartment of Breonna Taylor. The ruling came one week after the U.S. Department of Justice filed…