Year: 2026

  • ISS sues to block Oklahoma proxy advisor law

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    Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a proxy advisory firm that provides voting recommendations to institutional investors, sued to block an Oklahoma law requiring proxy advisors to provide additional financial analysis when recommending votes against company management. ISS filed the lawsuit against Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond (R) over HB 4429, which Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed…

  • Federal judge blocks New York climate superfund law

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    Chief Judge Brenda Sannes of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York blocked New York's Climate Change Superfund Act on Aug. 31, ruling that federal law preempts the state's effort to require fossil fuel companies to help pay for climate-related infrastructure and adaptation costs. New York enacted the law in 2024…

  • California loosens first-year climate reporting requirements

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    The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released new guidance on Sept. 2 giving companies additional flexibility as they prepare for the state's first greenhouse gas emissions reporting deadline on Nov. 10. California's SB 253 requires companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue that do business in the state to report their Scope 1…

  • New York's commissioner of education was the highest-paid state executive official in 2025

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    Welcome to the Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: New York's commissioner of education was the highest-paid state executive official in 2025 In a Ballotpedia analysis of 2025 compensation data for statewide executive officers, we found that the highest-paid state executive official…

  • 2026 had the fewest ballot initiatives filed since 2014, with 692

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    In 2026, petitioners filed 692 ballot initiatives in the 26 states that authorize the initiative and referendum power — the fewest filed since 2014, when 616 were filed. Of the 692 filed this year, 53 initiatives qualified for statewide ballots, in line with the average number certified in even-numbered years from 2010 to 2024. For…

  • Weekly Brew: September 11, 2026

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    Each week, The Weekly Brew brings you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of September 7 - September 11. Voters will decide on 14 ballot measures related to state constitutional rights On Nov. 3, voters in nine states will decide on 14 ballot measures…

  • Missouri becomes one of seven states to have a measure on the initiative and referendum process on its Nov. 3 ballot

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    Welcome to the Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Missouri becomes one of seven states to have a measure on the initiative and referendum process on its Nov. 3 ballot On Sept. 3, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an initiative concerning…

  • Three statewide candidate filing deadlines in the next two weeks

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    With Delaware holding the final 2026 statewide primary on Sept. 15, this year’s remaining candidate and voter deadlines are for the Nov. 3 general election. Three states have statewide write-in candidate filing deadlines in the next two weeks. The map and bulleted list below show which states have candidate filing deadlines scheduled between Sept. 12…

  • St. Paul, Minnesota, tenant repair and rent-deduction ballot initiative will be on Nov. ballot

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    Voters in St. Paul, Minnesota, will decide on an initiated measure on Nov. 3 that would allow tenants to arrange certain repairs to their residences when their landlords do not complete the repairs after receiving written notice. The initiative, described as establishing a tenant right to repair, would apply when a landlord does not make…

  • Daniel McKee (D) becomes first Rhode Island governor to lose a primary since Bruce Sundlun (D) in 1994

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    Helena Foulkes defeated incumbent Daniel McKee in the Democratic primary for governor of Rhode Island on Sept. 9. The last incumbent Rhode Island governor to lose in a primary was Bruce Sundlun (D) in 1994. The Democratic primary was a rematch between McKee and Foulkes. McKee became governor on March 2, 2021, after then-Gov. Gina…