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  • Federal Tap: Booster coronavirus vaccinations authorized for 12- to 15-year-olds

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    Happy New Year! Our weekly summary of federal news highlights booster coronavirus vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds and Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R) resignation. 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…

  • State and Local Tap: 171 state legislative vacancies occurred in 2021

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    Happy New Year! Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights an overview of last year’s state legislative vacancies and an update on California’s mask mandate. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. Ballot Measures Update Sixty-four statewide measures have been certified for the 2022 ballot in…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Plurality of Americans live in a state with a Republican trifecta At the start of 2022, 34.0% of Americans (113 million) lived in a state with a Democratic trifecta and 41.7% (138 million) lived in a state with a Republican trifecta. The remaining 24.3% of Americans (80 million) lived in a state with a divided…

  • Economy and Society: The Federal Reserve and ESG

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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. Federal Reserve eyeing ESG-friendly stress-tests for banks For most of the last…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #217: December 23, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at an extended coronavirus emergency in Louisiana, a Georgia lawsuit against the Biden administration, and other news since Dec. 16. 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 requirements…

  • Year in review: A recap of donor disclosure and privacy policy in 2021

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    Welcome to the monthly edition of The Disclosure Digest! Keep an out for our weekly edition coming Jan. 12, 2022. Year in review: A recap of donor disclosure and privacy policy in 2021 State legislators have introduced at least 50 bills that deal in some way with donor disclosure and privacy policy this year. These…

  • Checks and Balances: Chevron deference at stake

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    The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process and the rule of law. This edition:  In this month’s edition of Checks and Balances, we review administrative pushback against vaccine mandates; developments in…

  • Economy and Society: Pushback against ESG in retirement plans

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    ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C., and around the world Responses to Labor Department’s proposed rule encouraging ESG investments in retirement plans On December 13, National Review’s Capital Matters carried a piece by Richard Morrison, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, critical of the Labor Department’s proposed rule regarding ERISA-governed retirement plans…

  • SCOTUS issues ruling concerning Texas abortion law

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights a SCOTUS ruling on a Texas abortion law  and COVID-19 booster shots authorized for 16 and 17 year olds. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. Note: We will not be publishing The Federal Tap on Dec. 25 or Jan. 2. We’ll return…

  • Three states enact indoor mask requirements

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    Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights new indoor mask requirements in three states and five constitutional amendments passed in the Pennsylvania House. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. Note: We will not be publishing The State & Local Tap on Dec. 25 or Jan.…