All candidates for these offices on the November 5th ballot have been invited to share their views on state and local issues most important to voters. Panels begin promptly at 6:45pm, and light refreshments will be provided, so we recommend arriving closer to 6:00-6:15pm if you are able!

Grateful to my editors for running our story on Sunday A1. Also: some quotes from the story have spread like wildfire across social media. I think the context for those quotes has been mostly missed. Wrote up a couple thoughts on that + the broader process behind the story. t.co/qIIsFCksmJ

Millionaires+ are evading an estimated 115X this much. HT @thecynicist.bsky.socialwww.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/t...

Tax evasion by millionaires and billionaires tops $150 billion a year, says IRS chief

The IRS, with billions of dollars in new funding from Congress, has launched a sweeping crackdown on wealthy individuals, partnerships and large companies.

Voting rights are in crisis in Nebraska. Two Republican state officials have taken the law into their own hands, overruling the legislature and disenfranchising thousands of voters right before an election. boltsmag.org/nebraska-vot...

Nebraska Reverts to 19th-Century Voting Restrictions, Clouding Rights for Thousands

Confusion and fear over voting rights intensifies after top GOP officials shutter registration for people with past felony convictions and attempt to reimpose lifetime disenfranchisement.

They’re ALREADY privately assuring that group that they’re lying to the rest of us