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Total partisan composition of state legislatures changed by less than one percentage point in 2024
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Welcome to the Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Total partisan composition of state legislatures changed by less than one percentage point in 2024 As lawmakers around the country meet in the 2025 legislative sessions, we’re continuing our analysis of the elections…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, Feb. 21, 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 349 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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Republican-led election policy bills advance in Kansas legislative session State lawmakers have introduced more than 2,300 election administration bills so far this year. In Tuesday’s Brew, we looked at an example of what lawmakers in Kansas are doing in this policy area. As of Feb. 12, Kansas lawmakers had introduced 26 election-related bills, four of…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #144
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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 the sick-out protest of Houston schools In this section,…
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Checks and Balances, February 2025
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Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include Trump’s first noteworthy executive orders on the administrative state and states modeling the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In Washington Bills limiting the administrative state reintroduced in 119th Congress What’s the story? Republicans introduced several bills in January and early February that would limit the…
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How Israel and Palestine are showing up at the local ballot box
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Welcome to the Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: How Israel and Palestine are showing up at the local ballot box While most political coverage is focused on what’s happening in Washington, D.C., there’s a vast and vibrant political life outside the…
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Acting SEC chairman pauses defense of ESG rule
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In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: In Washington, D.C. Acting SEC chairman pauses defense of ESG rule What’s the story? Acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda asked a federal court Feb. 11 to stop proceedings in a case challenging the commission’s proposed climate disclosure rules. Uyeda said in a press release, “The Rule is…
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The fight against mosquitos in Louisiana
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The fight against mosquitos in Louisiana There are thousands of political subdivisions in the United States, including more than 3,200 counties. In many states, those local governments are responsible for a host of…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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A comprehensive look at 178 years of ballot measures in Wisconsin Ballotpedia’s Historical Ballot Measure Factbook will document nearly 200 years of direct democracy in the United States. This ongoing research effort will provide an unparalleled resource for researchers, reporters, and the public on how ballot measures have evolved, the issues they have covered, and…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, Feb. 14, 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 501 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…