Year: 2022

  • Texans approve property tax amendments; Austin voters decriminalize marijuana

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    Texans approved two statewide constitutional amendments reducing the property tax limit for school taxes on homesteads of the elderly and disabled and increasing the property tax exemption from $25,000 to $40,000 for all households. According to unofficial results on election night, Proposition 1 was approved by a margin of 86.98% to 13.02%. Proposition 2 was…

  • Here are the top 10 places Florida candidates and PACs are spending campaign money

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    In Florida politics, state-level candidates and PACs spent $302.3 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Feb. 2, 2022. More than $165.9 million or 54.9 percent of all campaign finance expenditures went to the 10 payees at the top of the list.  A payee is an entity or individual who has received money from a campaign…

  • Here are the top 10 places Indiana candidates and PACs are spending campaign money

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    In Indiana politics, state-level candidates and PACs spent $32.15 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Apr. 8, 2022. More than $4.07 million or 12.67 percent of all campaign finance expenditures went to the 10 payees at the top of the list.  A payee is an entity or individual who has received money from a campaign…

  • A primer on West Virginia’s upcoming primaries

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    Welcome to the Monday, May 9, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A primer on West Virginia’s upcoming primaries Online sports betting initiative campaign in California submits 1.6 million signatures State legislative incumbents in South Dakota are facing more contested primaries than at any point since…

  • Here are the top 10 places Virginia candidates and PACs are spending campaign money

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    In Virginia politics, state-level candidates and PACs spent $424.06 million between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021. More than $99.40 million or 23.44 percent of all campaign finance expenditures went to the 10 payees at the top of the list.  A payee is an entity or individual who has received money from a campaign…

  • Here are the top 10 places Ohio candidates and PACs are spending campaign money

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    In Ohio politics, state-level candidates and PACs spent $59.24 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Apr. 13, 2022. More than $10.65 million or 17.98 percent of all campaign finance expenditures went to the 10 payees at the top of the list.  A payee is an entity or individual who has received money from a campaign…

  • Here are the top 10 places Michigan candidates and PACs are spending campaign money

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    In Michigan politics, state-level candidates and PACs spent $71.97 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Apr. 20, 2022. More than $16.74 million or 23.26 percent of all campaign finance expenditures went to the 10 payees at the top of the list.  A payee is an entity or individual who has received money from a campaign…

  • Here are the top 10 places Wisconsin candidates and PACs are spending campaign money

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    In Wisconsin politics, state-level candidates and PACs spent $34.71 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Mar. 31, 2022. More than $6.01 million or 17.30 percent of all campaign finance expenditures went to the 10 payees at the top of the list.  A payee is an entity or individual who has received money from a campaign…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    We’ve got Indiana, Ohio election results On Tuesday, voters in Indiana and Ohio went to the polls and kicked off the May/June primary bonanza (60% of this year's statewide primaries occur in May and June!). Some of the biggest storylines of the night: J.D. Vance wins Ohio Senate nomination: J.D. Vance defeated six other candidates…

  • Ninth Circuit panel issues decisions in three public-sector union cases

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    On April 28, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued decisions in three cases we’re tracking related to public-sector union policy. In each case, the judges upheld the decision of the district court.  About the cases  The panel—Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Paez, U.S. Circuit Judge Jacqueline Nguyen,…