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  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #165

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving  school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.  In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over teaching controversial topics In this section, we curate reporting,…

  • The Checks & Balances Letter, July 2025

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    Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include deep dives into this term’s administrative state Supreme Court decisions and the North Carolina governor’s veto of state REINS legislation.  In Washington Supreme Court changes agency power in 13 administrative state rulings What’s the story? The U.S. Supreme Court ended its October 2024 term on June…

  • Missouri attorney general investigates proxy advisory services

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    In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: In the states Missouri attorney general investigates proxy advisory services What’s the story? Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) announced last week his office is investigating Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the two largest U.S. proxy advisory firms, alleging they prioritized political agendas over fiduciary…

  • States passed 27 bills on environmental, social, and governance investing this year

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, July 15, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: States passed 27 bills on environmental, social, and governance investing this year So far this year, 13 states have passed 27 bills supporting or opposing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. States passed 34…

  • A look at SNAP and Medicaid work requirements provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 14, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at SNAP and Medicaid work requirements provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act  President Donald Trump (R) signed H.R. 1, a budget reconciliation bill titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill…

  • Missouri becomes the ninth state in 2025 to prohibit foreign spending in ballot measure campaigns

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    Welcome to the Friday, July 11, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Missouri becomes the ninth state in 2025 to prohibit foreign spending in ballot measure campaigns On July 9, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed SB 152, prohibiting the foreign funding of ballot measure campaigns.…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon enact K-12 cellphone bans Since June 27, Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon have all enacted statewide bans on cellphone use in K-12 schools. Twenty-five states have enacted cellphone bans or limits in K-12 schools, with at least 17 doing so this year. Three states require all school district…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: July 11, 2025

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity.  In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover 40 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #164

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving  school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.  In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over Alpha Schools In this section, we curate reporting, analysis,…

  • Arkansas leads in anti-ESG laws

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    In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: Around the world EU member states ask for cuts to deforestation rules What’s the story? Eighteen of the European Union’s 27 member states sent a letter July 7 asking the EU to scale back its upcoming deforestation rules, set to take effect in December. The countries argued…