Year: 2021

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #282: July 13, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at: Court rulings in Maryland and Indiana requiring those states to resume participating in federal pandemic unemployment programs  In-person education at K-12 schools in Illinois  Vaccine distribution Lawsuits about state actions and policies  State-level mask requirements COVID-19 emergency health orders COVID-19 policy changes from this…

  • 43 state legislative special elections scheduled so far this year

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, July 13, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Special elections update Citizens For A Safer Cleveland submits additional signatures to place police-related initiative on November ballot Washington initiative filing deadline passes with no campaigns submitting signatures Special elections update Today, June 13, five state legislative…

  • Kathryn Hackett King appointed to Arizona Supreme Court

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    Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) appointed Kathryn Hackett King to the state supreme court on July 8. The seat became vacant in April when former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew W. Gould retired. King is Gov. Ducey’s sixth nominee to the seven-member supreme court. At the time she was appointed, King was a partner at…

  • Citizens For A Safer Cleveland submits additional signatures to place police-related initiative on November ballot

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    On July 7, Citizens for a Safer Cleveland submitted an additional 3,208 signatures to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections for verification after the committee was short 384 of the 6,270 valid signatures needed to qualify for the Cleveland ballot in November.  On June 16, the committee announced that they had submitted about 13,000 signatures…

  • Bold Justice: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for July 1

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    Welcome to the July 12 edition of Bold Justice, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. SCOTUS may be in its summer recess but we are gaveling in to bring you all the latest court activity on the docket: the end of SCOTUS’ 2020…

  • Governors appoint new supreme court justices in two states

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    Alaska and Arizona have new state supreme court justices after appointments from their respective governors. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) appointed Jennifer Stuart Henderson to the Alaska Supreme Court on July 7, and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) appointed Kathryn Hackett King to the Arizona Supreme Court on July 8. Alaska A seat on the…

  • Dane County holds special election July 13

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    The special election for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 19 in Wisconsin is on July 13, 2021. A primary was scheduled for June 15, but it was not needed. The filing deadline to run passed on May 21. Two candidates, Kristen Morris and Timothy Rockwell, are on the ballot. The special election became necessary when…

  • Mayoral recall effort underway in Portland, Oregon

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    Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is facing a recall effort after a group filed petitions on July 1, with volunteers starting to gather signatures on July 9. Petitioners have until Sept. 29 to submit at least 47,788 valid signatures to put the recall election on the ballot. The recall effort is organized by Total Recall PDX.…

  • Louisiana House of Representatives District 102 special election set for Nov. 13

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    Election officials have scheduled a special election for the District 102 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Nov. 13. The seat became vacant after former incumbent Gary Carter Jr. (D) was elected to the state Senate on June 12. The primary is on Oct. 9, and the filing deadline is on July 16.

  • The highest and lowest governor’s salaries of 2020

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 12, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: How much did your governor make last year? Tracking August mayoral elections COVID-19 policy changes and events one year ago this week How much did your governor make last year? Eighteen states paid their governor more last…