Year: 2021

  • Economy and Society: WSJ names ESG critique among best books of 2021

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week Lawsuit challenges California’s board diversity mandate   On November 29, the Free Enterprise Project, a program…

  • SCOTUS accepts three new cases for 2021-2022 term

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    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) accepted three cases for argument during the 2021-2022 term on Dec. 10: Golan v. Saada, originating from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, concerns international child custody. Southwest Airlines v. Saxon, on an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit,…

  • SCOTUS issues two opinions on Dec. 10

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    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued opinions on Dec. 10 in two cases concerning Texas Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8). To date, the court has issued decisions in five cases during the 2021-2022 term. Two of those cases were decided without argument. United States v. Texas concerned whether the federal government had…

  • 86% of incumbents were successful in their Nov. bid for re-election

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    In the 2021 general election, an average of 85.54% of incumbents nationwide won their re-election bids. The number drops to 82.35% when including incumbents that withdrew or were disqualified. In 2020, 93% of incumbents won their elections. In 2019, that number was 90%, and it was 92% in 2018.  Minnesota incumbents were the least successful…

  • Democrats outraised Republicans by 125% in Virginia state legislative races

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, December 14, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Democrats outraised Republicans by 125% in Virginia state legislative races The polls are open in Ballotpedia’s Holiday Cookie election! Candidate filing deadlines are here Democrats outraised Republicans by 125% in Virginia state legislative races…

  • Voters in seven states decided on 24 constitutional amendments in 2021, adopting 16 of them

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    Every state but Delaware requires voters to ratify proposed changes to a state’s constitution. There are four ways that proposed constitutional amendments can be proposed and put on the ballot: Through legislatively referred constitutional amendments. Through citizen-initiated constitutional amendments put on the ballot through signature petition drives. Eighteen states allow this method of amendment. Through…

  • The 12 Days of Ballotpedia are here!

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    Welcome to the Monday, December 13, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The 12 Days of Ballotpedia are upon us! Maryland enacts new congressional map All local ballot measures Ballotpedia covered on Nov. 2 have been decided Welcome to the 12 Days of Ballotpedia! Happy holidays!…

  • Special primary for Arkansas State Senate District 7 to be held on Dec. 14

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    The special primary for Arkansas State Senate District 7 is on Dec. 14. Lisa Parks and Derek Van Voast are competing in the Democratic primary, and Jim Bob Duggar, Colby Fulfer, Edge Nowlin, and Steven Unger are competing in the Republican primary to advance to the special general election scheduled for Feb. 8. The candidate…

  • Federal Register weekly update: Tops 70,000 pages

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    The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From Dec. 6 through Dec. 10, the Federal Register grew by 1,814 pages for a year-to-date…

  • Fiebelkorn and Grout win Albuquerque City Council seats in Dec. 7 runoff election

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    The nonpartisan general runoff election for Albuquerque City Council Districts 7 and 9 in New Mexico was on Dec. 7. The general election was held on Nov. 2, and the filing deadline for publicly funded candidates passed on July 5. The filing deadline for privately funded candidates passed on Aug. 24. Tammy Fiebelkorn defeated Lori…