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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #41
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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 teachers’ union leadership Where the nine governors-elect stand on education Extracurricular: education news from around the web Candidate Connection survey Reply to this email…
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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for Dec. 1
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Welcome to the Dec. 12 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Dear readers, we have come to Day 12 of Month 12 of 2022, and my stars, what a year it has been! We are closing in on…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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SCOTUS hears Moore v. Harper election administration case The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Moore v. Harper on Dec. 7, the last day of its December sitting. Moore v. Harper concerns the elections clause in Article I, section 4, of the U.S. Constitution and whether state legislatures alone are empowered to regulate federal…
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Election Legislation Weekly Digest: December 9, 2022
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Here is our weekly round-up on election-related legislation. In it, you’ll find the following information: Noteworthy bills: Here, we identify and report on the contents and legislative status of noteworthy bills. Recent activity: Here, we report on the number of bills acted on within the past week. The big picture: Here, we look at the…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #40
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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 homework In your district: philosophy of education School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications Campaign for initiative to allow municipalities to create…
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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS concludes December sitting
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Welcome to the Dec. 5 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. It is the last week of our December sitting, dear readers, and we have a lot to cover. Let’s dig in, shall we? Follow Ballotpedia on Twitter…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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Voters rejected all three ballot measures calling for constitutional conventions Fourteen states have a constitutional requirement to ask voters to weigh in on whether there ought to be a constitutional convention. These states’ constitutions require such questions to be referred to the ballot. Three states had those questions on the ballot in 2022. Voters in…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #39
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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 cell phones in classrooms In your district: philosophy of education School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications Seven states held elections for…
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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins December argument sitting
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Welcome to the November 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Thanksgiving remains in the air and we’d like to thank you, our readers, for your continued support. We’re grateful for the opportunity to share these updates with…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #38
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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 government-funded school lunches School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications The seven education-related ballot measures voters decided on Nov. 8 Conflict election…