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  • Disclosure Digest: February 15, 2022

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    Welcome to The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for new editions published on Tuesdays through June 2022.  Oregon Attorney General certifies proposed ballot measures  On Feb. 9, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D) certified the language of three ballot initiatives that would limit campaign contributions and require the disclosure of donors’ identities. The certification…

  • Economy and Society: SEC planning largest regulatory push in decades

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C., and around the world SEC planning largest regulatory push in decades says…

  • Union Station: Ninth Circuit panel upholds California law prohibiting public employers from discouraging union membership or dues authorizations

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    On Feb. 7, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a California law prohibiting public employers from discouraging union membership or dues deduction authorizations.  About the ruling On Feb. 21, 2020, seven plaintiffs—”elected members of various local California government bodies, including city councils, school boards, and community college…

  • Disclosure Digest: Virginia General Assembly blocks contribution limit bills

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    Welcome to The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for new editions published on Tuesdays through June 2022. Virginia General Assembly blocks bills limiting contributions, moves forward with disclosure bills A Virginia Senate committee voted to block three bills prohibiting certain campaign contributions, while the House and Senate each passed bills focused on increasing donor…

  • Economy and Society: Opposition to Federal Reserve nominee continues

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. ESG-related opposition to Federal Reserve nominee continues Responses to President Biden’s nomination…

  • Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for February 1

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    Welcome to the Feb. 7 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Much of the country may be experiencing a cold winter, but the pages inside our newsletter are hot this week with lively judicial activity, including a big…

  • Petitions to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón approved for circulation

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    Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights a recall effort against LA County DA George Gascón and redistricting updates. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. All good things must come to an end. Ballotpedia will be retiring the State and Local Tap after the Feb.…

  • Hawaii, New York enact new congressional district maps; Pennsylvania Supreme Court assumes control over redistricting

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights redistricting updates in Hawaii, New York, and Pennsylvania, and the FDA approving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. All good things must come to an end. Ballotpedia will be retiring the Federal Tap after the Feb. 19th issue. …

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Five U.S. House elections this year feature two incumbents running in the same district All five districts are in states that have enacted new congressional district boundaries after the 2020 census, and all feature two candidates from the same party running against each other in the primary. Three of these districts have two Democratic incumbents…

  • Economy and Society: ESG-related opposition to Federal Reserve nominee

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. ESG-related opposition to Federal Reserve nominee  On January 14, President Biden nominated…