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  • The Federal Tap: Federal court blocks Biden administration’s healthcare worker vaccine requirement

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights a federal court blocking the Biden administration’s healthcare worker vaccine requirement and SCOTUS’ December argument sitting. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. Congress is in session Both the House and Senate are in session next week. Click here to see the full…

  • Weekly Brew: December 3, 2021

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    Sixteen seats changed party control, including 14 incumbents who lost in state legislative general elections Sixteen state legislative seats changed party control in the 2021 election. Fifteen seats changed from Democratic to Republican control and one seat changed from Republican to Democratic control. Fourteen incumbents lost general elections, all of them Democrats. By state, nine…

  • Union Station – December 3, 2021

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    West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturns circuit court’s block of union dues law On Nov. 22, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a circuit court order blocking a new state law prohibiting public-sector employers from deducting union dues from employee paychecks. Read our earlier coverage of this story here and here.  Background…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #214: December 2, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at a slate of COVID-19 bills in Florida, a new disaster emergency in New York, and other news since Nov. 18. We’ll also give the latest tracking on: Lawsuits about state actions and policies  Vaccine distribution State-level mask requirements COVID-19 emergency health orders School mask…

  • Illinois enacts law prohibiting anonymous contributions in judicial elections

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    Welcome to the monthly edition of The Disclosure Digest! Our December issue will arrive in your inbox after Christmas. Illinois enacts law prohibiting anonymous contributions in judicial elections On Nov. 15, 2021, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed SB0536, a law prohibiting candidates seeking nomination to state courts from accepting donations from organizations that do not…

  • Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins December sitting

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    Welcome to the Nov. 30 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. The year 2021 may be waning, but court activity is certainly waxing! SCOTUS has issued its first opinion in an argued case and published the first argument…

  • Economy and Society: Lawsuit challenges SEC’s approval of NASDAQ diversity quotas

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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. Multinational regulatory agency crack down on overstated environmental credentials  On November 23,…

  • Economy and Society: Responses to ESG-disclosure rules

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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. Responses to ESG-disclosure rules  As discussion continues about the Labor Department’s ERISA…

  • The Federal Tap: Biden signs Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act becoming law and a judicial ruling against the American Rescue Plan Act’s tax provision. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. We won’t publish the Tap next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Our next edition will…

  • The State and Local Tap: Louisiana voters approve one constitutional amendment and defeat three

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    Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights Louisiana’s ballot measure results and a Texas state representative’s party switch from Democratic to Republican. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. We won’t publish the Tap next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Our next edition will be…