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  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics

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    Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s 14,000 school districts.…

  • Economy and Society: ESG Task Force issues first enforcement action

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. Wall Street Journal notes opposition to SEC’s rapid rule-making, including among Democrats…

  • U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Rhode Island disclosure law

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    On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not take up Gaspee Project v. Mederos, a lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s campaign finance disclosure regulations. The court’s refusal to hear the appeal means a lower court ruling upholding the state’s law will stand. Background Rhode Island law requires organizations that spend more than $1,000…

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

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    Welcome to the May 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. Fear not, dear reader, that the end of oral arguments at the high court means no more SCOTUS action until next term. On the contrary–the justices are…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    We’ve got Indiana, Ohio election results On Tuesday, voters in Indiana and Ohio went to the polls and kicked off the May/June primary bonanza (60% of this year’s statewide primaries occur in May and June!). Some of the biggest storylines of the night: J.D. Vance wins Ohio Senate nomination: J.D. Vance defeated six other candidates…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #11

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    Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s 14,000 school districts.…

  • Ballot Bulletin: New York Court of Appeals overturns congressional, state Senate district maps

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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: New York Court of Appeals overturns congressional, state Senate district maps Redistricting round-up: The latest redistricting news from Florida and Kansas Legislation update: Recently enacted legislation Have a question/feedback/or just want to…

  • Disclosure Digest: Virginia and Kansas enact donor privacy bills

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    Virginia and Kansas enact donor privacy bills Governors in two states enacted legislation this month to prohibit governments from disclosing nonprofit donors’ information. On April 14, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) signed HB2109, a bill preventing government agencies from requesting or disclosing donor information from individuals or any 501(c) organization. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R)…

  • Economy and Society: Academic pushback against SEC climate action

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. Academic pushback against SEC climate action  On April 25, 22 law and…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    84 measures certified for statewide ballots, 11 fewer than even-year average Eighty-four statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 32 states so far this year, 11 less than the average number certified at this point in other even-numbered years from 2010 to 2020.  Here’s an update on the latest ballot measure activity:…