Utah Legislature Rejects Bid to Put Anti-Equal Opportunity Measure on 2010 Ballot Last night, the Utah House of Representatives adjourned for the year without voting on HJR 24, a resolution to place an anti-equal opportunity measure on the state's 2010 ballot.
The resolution, introduced in February, called for a state constitutional amendment banning equal opportunity initiatives in state public higher education, employment, and contracting.
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Victory on Equal Opportunity in MissouriCivil rights advocates in Missouri have successfully kept a proposed ballot initiative that would have amended the state's constitution to eliminate equal opportunity programs in higher education, employment, and contracting off the 2010 ballot.
Political operatives in Missouri affiliated with equal opportunity opponent Ward Connerly filed to withdraw the proposed initiative earlier this week rather than face an ACLU lawsuit challenging the language of the initiative.
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Equal Opportunity in the NewsUtah Legislature: Leaders Say Affirmative Action Amendment Lacks Votes - Deseret News, March 10, 2010
Why Black Students Are So Scarce at UCSD - Voice of San Diego, March 10, 2010
Unemployment Unequal Among Races, Sexes and Ages - iStockAnalyst, March 10, 2010
Hope, Worry About Settlement of Discrimination Suit with Black Farmers - The Washington Post, February 26, 2010
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