Julius Hall had his civil rights restored, why doesn't that guarantee he can run for local office?  Savannah Morning News

NC appeals court stops for now voting restoration for felons  Associated Press

Mellon Foundation to help fund restoration of historic AG Gaston Motel in Birmingham  Alabama NewsCenter

LETTER: McAuliffe should not be governor again | Letters | starexponent.com  starexponent.com

AG Gaston Motel Restoration Receives $1.1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant « The Official Website for the City of Birmingham, Alabama  birminghamal.gov

California Law, US Constitution At Center Of FOID Case Before Illinois Supreme Court  Illinois Newsroom

California law, U.S. Constitution at center of FOID case before Illinois Supreme Court  Daily Herald

Judges won't delay NC voting rights restoration for felons – North Carolina Lawyers Weekly  North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

DOJ's historic week was more about restoration than reform  Reuters

NC's highest court: Felons who registered recently can vote  StarNewsOnline.com

City Of Birmingham: A.G. Gaston Motel Restoration Receives $1.1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant  Patch.com

North Carolina Felons Gain and Lose Voting Rights  The Davidsonian

A.G. Gaston Motel Restoration Project Gets Additional Funding  Patch.com

NC appeals court blocks voting restoration order for over 50,000 felons  WGHP FOX 8 Greensboro

North Carolina’s highest court: Felons who registered recently can vote  The Mercury News

Civil rights restored to more than 69,000 Virginians  WDBJ7

‘Self-Defense Restoration Act’ bill proposed in Florida would require retreat before use of force  WFLA

CAPITOL RECAP: Eviction moratorium to end Oct. 3  Capitol News Illinois

Booker Reintroduces Legislation Prohibiting Discrimination in the Name of Religion  InsiderNJ

Florida clemency board approves automatic restoration of felons’ civil rights  Orlando Sentinel

Britney Spears’ Lawyer Calls Father Jamie’s Alleged Surveillance ‘Deeply Disturbing’ in New Filing  Rolling Stone

National Park Service funds upgrades to significant landmark in SC civil rights history  Columbia Star

Breaking Down the Freedom to Vote Act  brennancenter.org

Million $$$ Restoration Project Underway at Historic Lincoln School in Marion - Alabama News  Alabama News Network

Florida's New Clemency Process Is A 'Huge' Marker Of Progress, Says Civil Rights Leader  WLRN

Watch now: 'Forward', Heg statues restored to Capitol Square after being toppled last year  Madison.com

Legals for September, 27 2021 | Coeur d'Alene Press  Coeur d'Alene Press

Sen. Perry files bill to grant full restoration of civil rights to non-violent offenders  WCJB

Civil Lawsuit Takes on Restoration of Felon Voting Rights in North Carolina  asheville.com

Civil lawsuit takes on restoration of felon voting rights  Carolina Public Press

Battle to restore Florida felons' voting rights heads to appeals court  WTSP.com

How to Restore and Strengthen the Voting Rights Act  brennancenter.org

Judges order restoration of voting rights for more than 50,000 former felons in North Carolina  The Washington Post

Portsmouth woman helps formally incarcerated restore rights  wtkr.com

DQed Port Wentworth mayoral candidate makes case - and makes state look bad  Savannah Morning News

Finding Justice for Artsakh  Armenian Weekly

Thurgood Marshall statue honors Supreme Court justice's work desegregating New York school  The Journal News

Florida’s Clemency Board didn’t actually do much to help felons regain the right to vote | Column  Tampa Bay Times

Historic AG Gaston Motel restoration will 'shine a light' on civil rights history  Alabama NewsCenter

Florida could reinstate felons' right to bear arms under proposed bill  Orlando Weekly

North Carolina bill seeks to shorten felons' wait to restore gun rights  The Center Square

Why restoring voting rights to former felons is "one of the key civil right issues of our time"  CNBC

Virginia Democrats Divided On Restoring Voting Rights For Felons  DCist

McAuliffe near the top in restoring ex-felon voting rights  PolitiFact

Virginia Democrats push to end constitutional rule stripping felons of voting rights  Virginia Mercury

Amid onslaught of crises, world must restore trust, solidarity to tackle COVID-19, climate change, Secretary-General says, opening annual General Assembly debate - World  ReliefWeb

Clemency rule change a good start, but more needs to be done | Opinion  Tallahassee Democrat

Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar - Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/312) - Myanmar  ReliefWeb

Voting rights advocate Desmond Meade to receive 2021 Brown Democracy Medal | Penn State University  Penn State News

House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Act  NPR

New Az law allows clearing marijuana offenses from criminal records  TucsonSentinel.com

Minnesota courts again turn back push to restore felon voting rights  Minneapolis Star Tribune

Civil rights restored to more than 20,000 ex-felons, Northam says  WWBT NBC12 News

Williamsburg man spent nearly 3 decades in prison. Now, he’s celebrating after having his rights restored.  Daily Press

Gov. Inslee signs bill to restore voting rights to Washington parolees  NBC News

Progress on Restoring Voting Rights  brennancenter.org

DeSantis' clemency revamp will wipe out a backlog of thousands of Florida felons' cases awaiting review  Orlando Weekly

Restored A.G. Gaston Motel at Heart of Civil Rights National Monument  Birmingham Times

Kessler Theater owner to purchase Longhorn Ballroom, where Willie Nelson, Sex Pistols, Selena played  The Dallas Morning News

Clemency reform is a win-win-win for Florida | Opinion - South Florida Sun Sentinel  South Florida Sun Sentinel

Florida denies full pardon to Amendment 4 advocate Desmond Meade  Tampa Bay Times

Kentucky restored voting rights to 178,000 with felonies. That's not far enough, advocates say  Courier Journal

Susan Collins has stopped pretending to support abortion rights  The American Independent

Ky. Secretary of State Office confirms Smith's civil rights restoration after he responds to Times-Tribune article  Times Tribune of Corbin

EDITORIAL: Incarcerated felons shouldn't get to vote  Fredericksburg.com

Group Leads the Restoration of the SS Columbia  Spectrum News

'Free The Vote' tour bus brings voting info to felons in Kissimmee  News 13 Orlando

The Last Days in Afghanistan Should Not Deter Biden from Looking Beyond the 9/11 Paradigm  Just Security

Vintage Greyhound bus is restored to commemorate the Freedom Rides' 60th anniversary  CNN

A.G. Gaston Motel, a piece of Birmingham civil rights history, being restored  WIAT - CBS42.com

Trial begins on challenge to North Carolina felon voting restrictions  Lexington Dispatch

'Free the Vote' bus tour making stop in Eustis this weekend  Daily Commercial

Fourth Avenue, Civil Rights District transforming amid Birmingham's 150th anniversary  Alabama NewsCenter

Editorial Roundup: Florida  Kansas City Star

Court of appeals rules Florida improperly denied concealed-carry license for former felon  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

North Carolina court restores the vote to 56,000  ccresourcecenter.org

Biden searches for attorney general to restore Justice Dept.’s independence, refocus on civil rights  The Washington Post

Democrats Discussing 2 Options To Change The Filibuster To Pass Voting Rights Laws  HuffPost

Tour famous spots in Cleveland's civil rights history  News 5 Cleveland

Say it Ain't So! Tortious Interference with a Sublease By a Master Landlord  Law.com

Former inmates, families testify on 'horrific' conditions in Georgia prisons  FOX 5 Atlanta

I Was Just Denied Clemency in the State of Florida. I'm One of Many People With Past Convictions Living Without My Full Civil Rights  TIME

Millions with felonies can now vote, including thousands in Kentucky. Most don’t know it  Courier Journal

After California restores felon voting rights, activists see growing national trend  NBC News

Restoring Voting Rights for Individuals with Criminal Records  The National Law Review

GOP's Objection to Vote for Felons Imperils Its Own Supporters  Bloomberg

Pardons, Firearm Rights, and Commutations | Iowa Governor  Governor Kim Reynolds

A new website allows 152,000 Kentucky felons to see if their voting rights were restored  Courier Journal

Felons can get advice on restoring civil rights at free Tucson clinic  Arizona Daily Star

Effort to restore felon voting rights continues in courts after legislative move falters  Minnesota Public Radio News

Democrats move to expand voting rights for felons | TheHill  The Hill

​Electricians or Lawyers?  High Plains Reader

Racism at school; Octogenarians move to a new lifestyle.Phillies remains playoff hunt – daily local  Pennsylvania News Today

Congressional Restoration of Tribal Civil Jurisdiction  The Regulatory Review

The Strange Career of Felon Disenfranchisement  Virginia Connection Newspapers

Perspective | Donald Trump still captures our attention, but he's losing the culture wars  The Washington Post

A GOP Governor and BLM Activists Agreed on Restoring Voting Rights to Felons. Will It Last?  POLITICO

Disqualified Council candidate reinstated  Spectrum News

In 2019, few Florida felons got their voting rights back through clemency board  PolitiFact

ACLU appeals dismissal of lawsuit over voting rights for Minnesota felons  MinnPost