Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state ...

Voters in five states on Tuesday were asked whether to update their states’ constitutions to remove slavery and indentured servitude as potential punishments. Although the 13th Amendment to the US ...

At least seven states have taken slavery exceptions out of their constitutions. In California and Nevada, so-called slavery "loopholes" are on this year's ballot. Much like the 13th Amendment in the U ...

SACRAMENTO — California is the latest state trying to remove involuntary servitude as a constitutionally protected form of punishment, a move aimed at formally severing the remnants of slavery from ...

The penalty has remained on the books in more than a dozen states, even though it hasn’t been enforced since the Civil War. But next month, voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Vermont, Oregon and Tennessee ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. California is the latest state trying to ...

If you have never had to learn or appreciate what a noncompetition agreement, or noncompete is, consider yourself lucky. These documents hold workers hostage to the whims of employers. The idea that a ...

Proposition 6 asks California voters whether to change the state constitution to expressly ban involuntary servitude. Currently, the constitution says slavery is outlawed. But it also says involuntary ...

The California Senate on Thursday rejected a proposal to ban involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime after Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration warned it could cost taxpayers billions of dollars ...