Year: 2021

  • Local ballot measures: The year in review

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    Welcome to the Thursday, December 23, Brew.  By: David Luchs Note: This will be the last edition of the Brew before the holidays. We hope you have a safe and healthy rest of your 2021. We’ll be back in your inbox on January 4. See you in the new year! Here’s what’s in store for…

  • Year in review: A recap of donor disclosure and privacy policy in 2021

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    Welcome to the monthly edition of The Disclosure Digest! Keep an out for our weekly edition coming Jan. 12, 2022. Year in review: A recap of donor disclosure and privacy policy in 2021 State legislators have introduced at least 50 bills that deal in some way with donor disclosure and privacy policy this year. These…

  • Checks and Balances: Chevron deference at stake

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    The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process and the rule of law. This edition:  In this month’s edition of Checks and Balances, we review administrative pushback against vaccine mandates; developments in…

  • Another day, another round of redistricting maps

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, December 22, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting roundup—California and New Mexico California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) will not seek re-election The Tenth Day of Ballotpedia: Sample Ballot Lookup Tool The latest redistricting news Over the last week, one state—New Mexico—enacted…

  • Forty members of Congress are not running for re-election

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    As of Dec. 21, 2021, 40 members of Congress—six members of the U.S. Senate and 34 members of the U.S. House—have announced they will not seek re-election. The latest member to announce their intent to not run in 2022, Lucille Roybal-Allard (D), announced her retirement from the House on Dec. 21.  Roybal-Allard represents California’s 40th…

  • Economy and Society: Pushback against ESG in retirement plans

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    ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C., and around the world Responses to Labor Department’s proposed rule encouraging ESG investments in retirement plans On December 13, National Review’s Capital Matters carried a piece by Richard Morrison, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, critical of the Labor Department’s proposed rule regarding ERISA-governed retirement plans…

  • U.S. Senate confirms nine Article III nominees, two Article I nominees to judgeships

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    The U.S. Senate confirmed nine of President Joe Biden’s (D) Article III judicial nominees and two of his Article I nominees in votes held on Dec. 17 and 18. The Article III nominees confirmed to lifetime judgeships include: Jane M. Beckering, to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Mary Katherine Dimke,…

  • Five candidates file to run in special election for Houston City Council District G seat

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    Candidates interested in running in the nonpartisan special election for Houston City Council District G had until Dec. 16 to file. The special general election is scheduled for Jan. 25. Five candidates filed to run in the special election by the deadline: Mary Nan Huffman, Piper Madland, D. Duke Millard, Raul Reyes Jr., and Houshang…

  • New Mexico enacts new congressional map

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    On Dec. 17, 2021, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed new a congressional map into law, which will take effect for New Mexico’s 2022 congressional elections.  The New Mexico State Senate approved the map 25-15 on Dec. 10, and the New Mexico House of Representatives approved the map 44-24 on Dec. 11. The…

  • Ballotpedia’s year-end analysis of local measures in the largest U.S. cities and state capitals

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    On Dec. 20, Ballotpedia published its year-end analysis of the 202 local ballot measures across 27 states in the 100 largest U.S. cities and state capitals. Ballotpedia’s year-end report breaks down the measures by type, by state, by topic, by outcome, and by election date. Here are some highlights from the report: There were 202…