Year: 2021

  • The State and Local Tap: New York enacts new COVID-19 disaster emergency

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    Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights New York’s new COVID-19 disaster emergency and the Atlanta mayoral runoff results. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. Ballot Measures Update 2021 review Voters in nine states decided 39 statewide ballot measures on four different election dates in…

  • The Federal Tap: Federal court blocks Biden administration’s healthcare worker vaccine requirement

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights a federal court blocking the Biden administration’s healthcare worker vaccine requirement and SCOTUS’ December argument sitting. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. Congress is in session Both the House and Senate are in session next week. Click here to see the full…

  • Weekly Brew: December 3, 2021

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    Sixteen seats changed party control, including 14 incumbents who lost in state legislative general elections Sixteen state legislative seats changed party control in the 2021 election. Fifteen seats changed from Democratic to Republican control and one seat changed from Republican to Democratic control. Fourteen incumbents lost general elections, all of them Democrats. By state, nine…

  • Union Station – December 3, 2021

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    West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturns circuit court’s block of union dues law On Nov. 22, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a circuit court order blocking a new state law prohibiting public-sector employers from deducting union dues from employee paychecks. Read our earlier coverage of this story here and here.  Background…

  • Certified results show 16 state legislative seats changed party control in 2021

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    Welcome to the Friday, December 3, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Sixteen seats changed party control, including 14 incumbents who lost in state legislative general elections Sacramento, Calif., nears its final stages of redistricting after coronavirus-related delay #FridayTrivia: Which state has the earliest primary election…

  • Recount begins in Virginia House of Delegates District 85

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    A recount of votes cast in the Nov. 2, 2021, general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 85 began on Dec. 2. Incumbent Del. Alex Askew (D) and District 91 incumbent Del. Martha Mugler (D) both filed court petitions for a recount on November 17. The recount in District 91 is expected to begin…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #214: December 2, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at a slate of COVID-19 bills in Florida, a new disaster emergency in New York, and other news since Nov. 18. We’ll also give the latest tracking on: Lawsuits about state actions and policies  Vaccine distribution State-level mask requirements COVID-19 emergency health orders School mask…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 2

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    December 2, 2021 This week: Two incumbent Democrats to face each other in U.S. House primary in Georgia; a House incumbent joins New York gubernatorial primary Two incumbent Democrats to face each other in U.S. House primary in Georgia Incumbent Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux and Lucy McBath each won congressional districts in Georgia previously held by…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 2

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    December 2, 2021 This week: Parnell is out, Oz is in race for Senate in Pennsylvania; Hogan and Trump clash in Maryland gubernatorial endorsements Parnell withdraws from Senate race in Penn., Dr. Oz enters U.S. Senate candidate Sean Parnell (R) ended his campaign on Nov. 22 following a judge’s order granting Parnell’s wife, Laurie Snell,…

  • Redistricting map updates: proposals, advancements, and enactments between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1

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    Between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, the Florida House and Senate Committees on Reapportionment released new draft maps and the Arkansas Board of Apportionment approved the state’s final legislative maps. Meanwhile, one state—Illinois—enacted a new congressional district map. Proposed Florida: On Nov. 24, the Senate Committee on Reapportionment released eight new draft maps: four for…