Year: 2024
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
Fifty members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election—more than at this point in previous cycles Since Jan. 9, six House members—five Republicans and one Democrat—have said they aren't running for re-election. In total, seven U.S. Senate members and 43 U.S. House members have announced they are not running for re-election. Forty-eight members…
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State legislatures acted on 258 bills this week, 146 fewer than last week.
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All candidates for U.S. House Texas District 12 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Democratic primary for Texas' 12th Congressional District — Sebastian Gehrig (D) and Trey Hunt (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the…
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All candidates for Arkansas House of Representatives District 96 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 96 — Horace Charles (D) and Robin Roark (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the…
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Missouri is one of 12 states with potential abortion-related ballot measures in 2024, with measures confirmed on the ballot in three other states.
Missouri voters may decide on a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment providing a state constitutional right to abortion in Nov. 2024. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom is leading the campaign in support of the amendment, which would provide a constitutional right to reproductive freedom. The amendment defines this as "the right to make and carry out decisions about…
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All candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 115 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
All three candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 115 — Scarlett Cornwallis (D), Cassandra Garcia Hernandez (D), and Kate Rumsey (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’…
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Democratic party committees cumulatively outraise Republican counterparts for thirteenth consecutive month
As of Jan. 31, 2024, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $352 million and spent $305 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $288 million and spent…
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All candidates for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 Republican primary complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
All three candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Republican primary for North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District — Eugene Douglass (R), Robert Morales (R), and Alan Swain (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’…
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Nebraska advances bill proposing maximum unemployment insurance benefit period reduction
Nebraska lawmakers in the Business and Labor Committee on February 13, 2024, advanced Legislative Bill 1170, which proposes cutting the maximum unemployment insurance benefit period from 26 weeks down to 16 weeks. The committee advanced the bill 4-3 and designated it as priority legislation for the full legislature. Legislative Bill 1170 now goes before the…
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Financial institutions pull $14 trillion from ESG initiative
J.P. Morgan Chase and State Street Global Advisors—two of the largest asset managers in the world—withdrew on February 15 from Climate Action 100+, an asset manager initiative aimed at making companies reduce their carbon emissions through environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing. BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, announced it would reduce…