Year: 2024

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) endorse different candidates in six Republican primary runoff elections on May 28 Ballotpedia identified 10 of the 13 Republican primary runoffs taking place on May 28 as battleground primaries, all but two of which have an incumbent running.  The 13 runoffs are taking place…

  • Thirteen candidates running in June 11 nonpartisan primary for mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada

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    Thirteen candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas mayor on June 11, 2024. Shelley Berkley, Victoria Seaman, and Cedric Crear have led in polling, media coverage, and fundraising. Incumbent Carolyn Goodman, who was first elected in 2011, is term-limited. Goodman’s husband, Oscar, served as Las Vegas mayor from 1999 to 2011. Goodman is one of eight mayors in the 100 largest cities…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, May 24, 2024

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    Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed AL HB100 this week, which establishes penalties for crimes against election officials.  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!…

  • Federal Register weekly update: Weekly pages added averages 2,191 this year (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 May 20, 2024, through May 24, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 2,282 pages for…

  • Abortion measure update: four states confirmed to vote on the issue in November, eight more could join them

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    Welcome to the Friday, May 24, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Abortion measure update: four states confirmed to vote on the issue in November, eight more could join them Voters in as many as a dozen states could be voting on abortion-related ballot measures this…

  • Kansas enacts state-level REINS Act

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    The Kansas State Senate voted 27-12 on April 29, 2024, to override Governor Laura Kelly’s (D) veto of House Bill 2648—a bill to require legislative approval of administrative rules with implementation and compliance costs of $1,000,000 or more over a five-year period.  The bill is a REINS-style state law, which is a legislative proposal modeled…

  • Rhode Island House of Representatives advances bills to amend LEOBOR

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    The Rhode Island House of Representatives on May 9, 2024, voted 58-14 with bipartisan support to pass two bills aimed at amending the state’s Law Enforcement Officer Bill of Rights (LEOBOR).  LEOBORs are a set of legal provisions that establish the due process rights of police officers during internal misconduct investigations. LEOBORs are enacted as…

  • U.S. unemployment insurance claims fall to 222,000 (2024)

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    New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 10,000 for the week ending May 11 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up by 1,000 to 232,000. The four-week moving average as of May 11 increased 2,500 from the previous week’s revised average to 217,750. The number of continuing unemployment insurance…

  • Congressional Democrats ask SEC to finalize ESG disclosure rule

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    Twenty-one congressional Democrats sent a letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler on May 13 requesting that the commission continue finalizing its rule requiring additional disclosures for self-identified ESG investment funds. Ballotpedia tracks support for and opposition to the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing movement. To learn more about arguments for, against, and about…

  • SCOTUS takes up challenges to ATF rule, judicial review of immigration decisions

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    The United States Supreme Court in April 2024 agreed to hear two cases in the 2024-2025 term concerning a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule and judicial review of certain decisions made by immigration officials.  SCOTUS on April 22 agreed to hear Garland v. VanDerStok—a case challenging the ATF’s authority to…