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  • Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for Jan. 1

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    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.…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    By the end of the week, 18 legislatures will be in session By the end of the week, 18 state legislatures will have begun their regular sessions: sessions in California and Maine began in December with 16 more starting this week. Another 27 legislatures go into session later in January, and two more in February.…

  • 2022 recap: Public-sector union legislation in the states

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    Happy New Year! In today’s Union Station, we’ll review public-sector union legislation from 2022. Next week, we'll look at bills filed so far for 2023. Highlights State legislators either introduced or carried over from earlier sessions 150 bills related to public-sector union policy in 2022. Thirteen relevant bills were enacted. Republicans sponsored three of those…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #43

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    Happy 2023, and welcome back to Hall Pass! We hope you had a restful holiday!  In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over retesting In 2022, 114 school board members faced recall efforts Extracurricular: education news from around the web Candidate Connection survey Reply to this email to share reactions or story…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    More than 2,500 election-related bills were introduced in state legislatures this year Ballotpedia tracked 2,534 election-related bills in 45 states this year. This comes as part of our Election Administration Legislation Tracker, which keeps tabs on the latest election-related legislation nationwide.  Most of these bills—1,714, or 68%—have had no activity, meaning they were introduced, but…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #42

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. A note to readers: It’s the holidays, and so we’ll be off next week to celebrate accordingly. We’ll return to your inbox again on Jan. 4, 2023. Thanks, as always, for reading, and we’ll see…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    An update on 2022 state legislative leadership elections As of Thursday, we’ve identified the results of 153 legislative leadership elections: 81 leaders were re-elected in 30 states. Oregon, Iowa, and Idaho have had the most leaders re-elected, with five apiece. Oregon is a Democratic trifecta, while Iowa and Idaho are Republican trifectas.  72 new legislative…

  • The Ballot Bulletin, December 2022

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue: Election-related ballot measures in the 2022 general election New York State Legislature passes two election bills Legislation update: Legislation activity in November 2022 Have a question/feedback/or just want to say hello? Respond…

  • 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…

  • 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…