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  • Department of Justice sues Texas over its congressional, state legislative maps

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    Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights redistricting updates in Texas and the Virginia House recounts. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. Ballot Measures Update 2021 review Voters in nine states decided 39 statewide ballot measures on four different election dates in 2021. Twenty-six were…

  • Republican Congressman Devin Nunes announces retirement

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights the latest congressional retirement and a federal judge blocking the Biden administration’s federal contractor vaccine requirement. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. Congress is out of session Both the House and Senate are out of session next week. Click here to see…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    ‘Tis the season for Ballotpedia’s Holiday Cookie election! It is once again time to elect this year’s official holiday cookie! A recall petition has been filed against our 2020 incumbent, the Sugar Cookie. Voters will decide two questions: whether Sugar Cookie should be recalled and, if so, which cookie should replace it. Cast your vote…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #215: December 9, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at the federal government’s contractor vaccine mandate, a Maryland Board of Education policy allowing school districts to end mask mandates in some circumstances, and other news since Dec. 2. We’ll also give the latest tracking on: Lawsuits about state actions and policies  Vaccine distribution State-level…

  • Economy and Society: SEC preps businesses for new ESG disclosure standards

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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., and around the world SEC preps businesses for new ESG disclosure standards…

  • The State and Local Tap: New York enacts new COVID-19 disaster emergency

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    Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights New York’s new COVID-19 disaster emergency and the Atlanta mayoral runoff results. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. Ballot Measures Update 2021 review Voters in nine states decided 39 statewide ballot measures on four different election dates in…

  • The Federal Tap: Federal court blocks Biden administration’s healthcare worker vaccine requirement

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights a federal court blocking the Biden administration’s healthcare worker vaccine requirement and SCOTUS’ December argument sitting. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. Congress is in session Both the House and Senate are in session next week. Click here to see the full…

  • Weekly Brew: December 3, 2021

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    Sixteen seats changed party control, including 14 incumbents who lost in state legislative general elections Sixteen state legislative seats changed party control in the 2021 election. Fifteen seats changed from Democratic to Republican control and one seat changed from Republican to Democratic control. Fourteen incumbents lost general elections, all of them Democrats. By state, nine…

  • Union Station – December 3, 2021

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    West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturns circuit court’s block of union dues law On Nov. 22, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a circuit court order blocking a new state law prohibiting public-sector employers from deducting union dues from employee paychecks. Read our earlier coverage of this story here and here.  Background…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #214: December 2, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at a slate of COVID-19 bills in Florida, a new disaster emergency in New York, and other news since Nov. 18. We’ll also give the latest tracking on: Lawsuits about state actions and policies  Vaccine distribution State-level mask requirements COVID-19 emergency health orders School mask…