Year: 2024

  • Federal Register weekly update: Significant actions top 2,000 for Biden administration (2024)

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    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 June 10, 2024, through June 14, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 2,382 pages for…

  • Incumbent U.S. Rep Nancy Mace wins Republican primary election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District

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    Incumbent U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R) won the Republican primary election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on June 11, 2024. Mace received 56.8% of the vote. Catherine Templeton (R) finished in second with 29.8%, and Bill Young (R) finished in third with 13.4%. According to The Post and Courier, South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District…

  • Sam Brown wins Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada

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    Sam Brown (R) won the June 11 Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada with 57.9%. Jeff Gunter (R) finished in second with 15.6%, and Jim Marchant (R) finished in third with 6.6%. Two candidates, Brown and Marchant, led in polling and media attention. According to Nevada Current Deputy Editor April Corbin Girnus,…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    North Dakota voters approve congressional age limit ballot measure North Dakota voters approved a constitutional amendment sponsored by Retire Congress North Dakota to establish an age limit for members of Congress. The amendment is the first of its kind in the country. It prohibits a person from being elected or appointed to the U.S. Senate…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration

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    Democrats sponsored 64 (71.1%) of the bills active over the past week. Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity. We want to hear from you! Reply to this email to let…

  • Number of candidates running for U.S. House in Oklahoma fewest in the last 10 years

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    Welcome to the Friday, June 14, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Number of candidates running for U.S. House in Oklahoma fewest in the last 10 years   Continuing our coverage of statewide primaries, today we are going to dive into elections in Oklahoma. The state is…

  • U.S weekly unemployment insurance claims rise to 242,000

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    New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 13,000 for the week ending Jun. 8 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised at 229,000. The four-week moving average as of Jun. 8 increased 4,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average to 227,000. The number of continuing unemployment insurance claims, which refers…

  • Border law enforcement measure will go before Arizona voters

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    Welcome to the Thursday, June 13, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Border law enforcement measure will go before Arizona voters Arizona voters will decide on a measure that will make it a state crime to unlawfully cross the border from Mexico, as well as allow…

  • Anaheim City Council recall election defeated

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    In California, a recall election seeking to remove Natalie Rubalcava from her position as the District 3 representative on the Anaheim City Council was defeated by voters with 53.9% of the vote on June 4, 2024, according to the unofficial results.  The recall effort began in August 2023. Recall supporters initiated the effort after the…

  • Biden has appointed 201 federal judges through June 1 of his fourth year

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    President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 201 Article III federal judges through June 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Ronald Reagan (R). The Senate had confirmed 197 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at…