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Colorado Supreme Court held that redistricting plans in five proposed initiatives could not proceed to the ballot, finding they violated the single-subject requirement

Michigan Supreme Court denied review of an intermediate decision ordering the state House to present to the governor several bills that both legislative chambers passed but that the House did not send to the governor before the session ended

Iowa Supreme Court upheld a ban on prisons using funds to distribute or make available materials that have nudity in them, over a free speech challenge by several inmates

Kentucky Supreme Court held that laws shifting appointment authority for two state boards from the governor to other executive branch officials violated separation of powers

New York's highest court construed public works contracts based on a clause that requires public works employees to be paid prevailing wages

Georgia Supreme Court reaffirmed that right to trial by jury prohibits applying a noneconomic damages cap to pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice actions

Pennsylvania Supreme Court rebuked the Philadelphia district attorney's office for "untrustworthy concessions" in post-conviction relief cases and ordered remedial action

Washington Supreme Court held that an exemption for live-in caregivers in a labor standards law violates the privileges and immunities clause as applied to live-in caregivers in homes for elderly or disabled adults