Author: Annelise Reinwald
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Administrative state 2024 legislation: 30 states passed 88 bills decreasing agency power
State lawmakers in 44 states considered 583 bills and resolutions in 2024 designed to decrease or increase agency authority and influence or otherwise affect the administrative state. 30 states passed 88 bills and resolutions that decreased agency power. As of August 16, most state legislative sessions have adjourned, and all but eleven of the significant…
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Federal Register weekly update: Amended regulations issued for poultry markets (June 29, 2024)
Ballotpedia’s Federal Register weekly update reviews rules, agency documents, and notices published by federal agencies. First, we summarize federal government agency activity by the numbers. Then we highlight one or two of the most significant rules published over the last week and drill into the details in this week’s rule review. The U.S. Supreme Court…
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Federal Register weekly update: Yearly page total tops 50,000 (2024)
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 17, 2024, through June 21, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 1,152 pages, bringing…
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Federal Register weekly update: Significant actions top 2,000 for Biden administration (2024)
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…
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Federal Register weekly update: Significant final rules top 1,000 for Biden administration (2024)
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 3, 2024, through June 7, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 1,382 pages for…
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OIRA reviewed 15 significant rules in May (2024)
In May 2024, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed 15 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies. OIRA approved three of these rules with no changes and approved the intent of 10 rules while recommending changes to their content. OIRA reviewed 35 significant regulatory actions in May 2023 and 45…
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Federal Register weekly update: Nearly 10,000 notices issued this year (2024)
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 27, 2024, through May 31, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 1,424 pages for…
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Federal Register weekly update: Weekly pages added averages 2,191 this year (2024)
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…
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Federal Register weekly update: Yearly page total tops 43,000 (2024)
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 13, 2024, through May 17, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 2,446 pages for…
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Federal Register weekly update: Documents added this year tops 10,000 (2024)
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 6, 2024, through May 10, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 4,228 pages for…