Author: Ballotpedia staff
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Weekly Brew: January 20, 2022
Updates regarding redistricting litigation in five states In the aftermath of the 2022 redistricting cycle, at least 82 lawsuits challenging congressional and state legislative maps across the country have been filed. According to the American Redistricting Project, 22 states have ongoing litigation regarding either their congressional or legislative redistricting (or both). We looked at ongoing…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics
Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter that keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over using school suspensions to discipline students In your district: Budgets School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications Eight state executive candidates endorsed 106…
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Democrats push back against the ESG pushback
ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. Democrats push back against the ESG pushback In response to House Republicans’ plans to use their new majority to investigate the ESG movement, three Democratic senators penned an op-ed accusing their GOP colleagues of overstepping. The three senators—Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)—also accused…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 205,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 1,000 for the week ending January 7 to a seasonally adjusted 205,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up from 204,000 to 206,000. The four-week moving average as of January 7 fell to 212,500 from a revised 214,250 as of the week ending December 31. The number…
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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins second week of January sitting
Welcome to the Jan 17 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s the second week of SCOTUS’s January sitting, dear reader, and we have a…
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2023 rundown: Public-sector union legislation in the states
Welcome to the 2023 legislative session! Forty state legislatures are currently in regular session. Today, we’ll look at bills related to public-sector union policy that have been introduced so far this year. Overview We’re currently tracking 33 bills related to public-sector union policy in the states. Thirty-one of those bills have been introduced for the…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics
Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over four-day school weeks In your district: Budgets In Peltier v. Charter Day School, Inc., SCOTUS could decide if charter schools are state actors Extracurricular:…
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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for Jan. 1
Welcome to the Jan. 9 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. New year, new court business! Dear readers, we have federal judicial activity from President Joe Biden’s (D) second year in office, with some SCOTUS on the side.…