Year: 2024

  • House Appropriations Committee passes budget blocking ESG labor rule

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    The House Appropriations Committee passed a fiscal year 2025 labor budget bill on July 10 that proposed prohibiting the Department of Labor from implementing its rule allowing ESG considerations in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-governed retirement plans. Ballotpedia tracks support for and opposition to the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing movement. To…

  • Oklahoma campaign submits signatures for initiative to increase minimum wage to $15

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    In Oklahoma, the campaign Raise The Wage Oklahoma submitted about 180,000 signatures on July 15, 2024, for a ballot initiative, State Question 832. The ballot initiative would increase the state’s minimum wage. Under State Question 832, the minimum wage would increase as follows: $9 per hour in 2025, $10.50 per hour in 2026, $12 per…

  • Fewer incumbents facing challengers in Kansas state legislative primaries

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    Kansas has 41 contested state legislative primaries on August 6, 2024. That is the fewest contested primaries in years that all 165 seats of the state legislature have been up for election since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2012. There are 11 contested Democratic primaries and 30 contested Republican primaries. This was a record low for…

  • Idaho voters will decide on a ballot initiative for top-four primary and ranked-choice voting system in November

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    Welcome to the Thursday, July 18, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: On today’s episode of On the Ballot we interview Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, about polling in this year’s most competitive races Idaho voters will decide on a ballot initiative for…

  • Voters in 11 states could decide on abortion ballot measures in Nov., with measures confirmed in six states, and signature verification pending in another five

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    Voters in six states—Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New York, Nevada, and South Dakota—will decide on abortion-related ballot measures in Nov. 2024. Initiatives are pending signature verification in five states—Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska. This report provides the most recent updates on abortion-related ballot measure certifications and potential measures. Here is the status of abortion-related ballot…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #119

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, the newsletter that keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and education policy.  In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over mandatory book lists In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the…

  • LaMonica McIver wins special Democratic primary for NJ-10

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    LaMonica McIver won the special Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District on July 16, 2024. She defeated ten other candidates. The election was called to fill the vacancy created when former incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) died on April 24, 2024. The winner of the special election will serve out the remainder of…

  • 2024 ballot initiatives address abortion, marijuana, electoral systems, wages, and taxes

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: One-third of the U.S. lives in a state that will decide ballot measures on at least one of five topics: abortion, electoral systems, wages, marijuana, and taxes   Approximately one-third of the U.S. population…

  • Arizona lawmakers implement a new deadline for certifying results, while Governor Katie Hobbs vetoes other changes

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    Arizona enacted 10 election-related bills in the first half of 2024, the second most of any state with a divided government. New laws change the deadline for certifying elections, modify rules for hand-counted post-election audits, and add new notification requirements if a voter’s registration is changed:  HB 2785 moved up the statewide primary date by one week…

  • Republican states adopt more voter list maintenance bills than states with Democratic trifectas and divided governments

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    Fourteen states adopted new laws related to maintaining accurate voter registration rolls in the first half of 2024. Ten of these bills came from states with Republican trifectas, two from states with Democratic trifectas, and two from states with divided governments.  New laws in five states expand data-sharing procedures or create new requirements for reviewing…