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  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    North Dakota’s House passes veto override of ranked-choice voting ban On Monday, the North Dakota House of Representatives voted 71-17 to override Gov. Doug Burgum’s (R) veto of HB1273, a bill that would ban the use of approval and ranked-choice voting methods in the state. If a two-thirds majority in the Senate does the same,…

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    Florida voters may decide whether to make school board elections partisan On March 31, the Florida House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 31 (HJR 31), a constitutional amendment that would make elections to the state’s 67 school boards partisan.. School board members in Florida are elected by the voters of each county and serve…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 27-March 31. Utah governor signs bill adopting new state flag, veto referendum filed against it Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed Senate Bill 31 (SB 31), establishing a…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 20-March 24. Biden issues first veto of his presidency On March 20, President Joe Biden (D) vetoed the first legislation of his presidency, sending a measure back to…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 13-March 17. More than 24,000 school board seats up for election in 2023 Nine-thousand school districts across 35 states (69% of the nation’s 13,500 public school districts, governed…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 6-March 10. Ballotpedia is covering more than 8,700 school board seats up for election across 28 states This might be an off-cycle election year for Congress and most…

  • Florida Republicans introduce bills prohibiting paycheck deductions for public-sector union dues

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    Florida Republicans recently introduced companion bills in the state legislature that would prohibit certain public-sector employees from having union dues withdrawn from their pay.  About the bills Senate Bill 256 and House Bill 1445 state, “[A]n employee organization that has been certified as a bargaining agent may not have its dues and uniform assessments deducted…

  • ICYMI: Top stories February 27-March 3

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of February 27-March 3. California ends COVID-19 emergency, leaving five states with active orders On Feb. 28, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ended the statewide COVID-19 emergency order—1,091 days after…

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    A look at the higher education background of top state executives Of the 192 officeholders currently occupying the top four executive positions in each state—governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state—184 have a bachelor’s degree, 58 have a master’s degree, and 93 have a law degree. Nine such officeholders have a Ph.D., and…

  • Weekly Brew: February 17, 2023

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of February 13-February 17. Third-party and independent candidates received the lowest share of the national U.S. House vote in two decades Independent and third-party candidates received 2% of the national…