Year: 2024
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Federal Register weekly update: Yearly page total tops 43,000 (2024)
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 May 13, 2024, through May 17, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 2,446 pages for…
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Most Oregon state legislative incumbents in contested primaries since 2010
There are 75 state legislative seats up for election this year in Oregon. Across those, 14 incumbents (six Democrats, seven Republicans, and one Independent) did not file to run for re-election. That’s just over the average number of retirements since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010 (13.9). In 2022, 24 incumbents did not run…
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Sarah Elfreth won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District
Sarah Elfreth (D) won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District on May 14, 2024. Elfreth received 36.0% of the vote. Harry Dunn (D) finished in second place with 25.0%. Mark S. Chang (D), Michael Coburn (D), Malcolm Colombo (D), Abigail Diehl (D), Lindsay Donahue (D), Mark Gosnell (D), Terri L. Hill (D), Aisha…
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Changes to Idaho unemployment insurance work search requirements take effect in July (2024)
The Idaho Department of Labor issued a press release on May 15 instructing Idaho unemployment insurance claimants to complete and report five work search-related activities per week starting July 7 to receive benefits. Current law requires claimants to report two work search activities per week. The work search activity changes will comply with requirements outlined…
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Oklahoma judge pauses enforcement of anti-ESG law, state officials and groups respond
An Oklahoma judge on May 7 paused enforcement of a 2022 state law prohibiting the state from contracting with businesses the treasurer identifies as boycotting oil and gas companies. Following the enforcement pause, Attorney General Gentner Drummond (R) fired the legal team responsible for defending the law and blamed the team’s ineffectiveness on Treasurer Todd…
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2.7% of state legislative incumbents who filed for re-election have lost in primaries
Thirty state legislative incumbents—seven Democrats and 23 Republicans—have lost to primary challengers so far this year. Across the 10 states that have held primaries, 2.7% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, a decline from the 2022 election cycle that aligns more closely with 2020. These totals include data from the Nebraska State Senate and both legislative chambers…
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Six candidates are running in the Republican primary election for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District on June 4, 2024
Six candidates are running in the Republican primary election for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District on June 4, 2024: U.S. Rep Lauren Boebert (R), Deborah Flora (R), Richard Holtorf (R), Michael Lynch (R), Jerry Sonnenberg (R), and Peter Yu (R). Incumbent U.S. Rep Ken Buck (R) resigned on March 22, leaving the district open. Colorado Public…
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Mississippi bill to expand Medicaid with work requirements dies in negotiations (2024)
A Medicaid expansion bill in Mississippi died in negotiations between the Mississippi House and Senate, primarily over the inclusion of work requirements in the final version, resulting in its failure to pass before the session deadline on May 2, 2024. The Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill 1725 on February 28, 2024, with a…