Year: 2021

  • Special election primary to be held on May 18 in California Assembly district

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    A special election primary is being held on May 18 for District 54 of the California State Assembly. Isaac Bryan (D), Dallas Denise Fowler (D), Heather Hutt (D), Samuel Morales (D), Cheryl Turner (D), and Bernard Senter (No party preference) are running in the primary. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote…

  • Incumbents sweep school board election in Lincoln, Nebraska

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    Four incumbents were re-elected to the Lincoln Public Schools school board in Nebraska in the nonpartisan general election on May 4. Kathy Danek (District 1), Barbara Beier (District 3), Lanny Boswell (District 5), and Don Mayhew (District 7) each won new four-year terms on the seven-member board. Baier and Boswell ran unopposed in the general…

  • Here’s how Virginia Republicans will select their statewide nominees on May 8

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    Republicans in Virginia will be meeting on Saturday to pick their statewide nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. The Republican Party of Virginia chose to hold an unassembled convention rather than a primary, meaning delegates, voters who registered to participate in the convention, will decide the nominees. Conventions in Virginia typically take place…

  • Omaha, Nebraska, voters to decide mayoral, city council races on May 11

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    The nonpartisan general election for Omaha, Neb., will be held on May 11. The top-two primary was held on April 6. Candidates will be competing for mayor and seven city council seats. On election day, the polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. In the mayoral race, incumbent Jean Stothert and RJ…

  • Union Station: Biden creates labor organizing and collective bargaining task force

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    Biden creates labor organizing and collective bargaining task force President Joe Biden (D) signed the “Executive Order on Worker Organizing and Empowerment” on April 26, creating a task force related to public- and private-sector union organizing.  About the order The executive order establishes a task force to “identify executive branch policies, practices, and programs that…

  • Ballotpedia analysis – net change in state legislative seats during Trump’s presidency

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    Republicans lost 187 net state legislative seats during the Trump administration Over the course of Donald Trump’s (R) presidency, Republicans lost 187 net state legislative seats. During all presidencies since 1921, the president’s party has lost a net average of 552 state legislative seats. The net loss of 187 Republican state legislative seats during the…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #241: May 6, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at: Changes to coronavirus restrictions in New York A way to access digital proof of vaccination in Louisiana through the state’s driver’s license app Vaccine distribution School closures and reopenings Travel restrictions Federal responses COVID-19 policy changes from this time last year  We are committed…

  • Cincinnati voters defeat Issue 3, Affordable Housing Trust Fund Charter Amendment

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    Cincinnati voters defeated Issue 3 on Tuesday with 73% of voters opposing the measure and 27% of voters approving the measure. Issue 3 was a citizen initiative that would have established the Cincinnati Affordable Housing Trust Fund and created a board of private citizens to manage the fund. It would have also provided guidelines for…

  • Five constitutional amendments certified to appear on 2022 ballot in Alabama so far

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    As of May 4, 2021, the Alabama State Legislature has referred five statewide ballot measures to the 2022 ballot. One measure will be on the May 24 ballot. Four measures will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. The legislature unanimously approved four of the amendments. The other amendment, which would ban election and voting changes…

  • Missouri legislature passes 2022 constitutional amendment to expand treasurer’s investment options

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    On May 4, 2021, the Missouri State Senate voted 32-0 to pass a constitutional amendment expanding the types of securities and financial instruments the state treasurer can invest state funds into. It will appear on the ballot for the election on Nov. 8, 2022. The constitutional amendment would add municipal securities that receive one of…