Category: Federal

  • Eight candidates running in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District Democratic primary election

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    Eight candidates are running in the Democratic Party primary for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. Incumbent Peter DeFazio (D), who has represented the district since 1987, announced he would not seek re-election in 2022 on Dec. 1, 2021. Doyle Canning, Val Hoyle, Andrew Kalloch, and John Selker lead in fundraising and media…

  • U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims drop to lowest level since 1968

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    New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits dropped 5,000 for the week ending April 2 from the previous week’s revised figure to a seasonally adjusted 166,000. The number is the lowest recorded since the week ending Nov. 30, 1968. The weekly drop also brought the four-week moving average as of April 2 down to 170,000…

  • Federal Register weekly update: 551 documents added

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    The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From April 11 through April 15, the Federal Register grew by 1,810 pages for a year-to-date…

  • Checks and Balances: SEC publishes proposed climate disclosures rule

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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 new proposed climate disclosure requirements from the…

  • Economy and Society: State pension funds draw scrutiny for 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. Congress, the SEC, and disclosure The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Senior Fellow Richard…

  • Five candidates are running in North Carolina’s 13th Democratic primary

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    Five candidates are running in the Democratic primary election for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. Incumbent Rep. Ted Budd (R) announced on April 28, 2021, that he would not seek re-election and instead run for U.S. Senate. Two candidates—Wiley Nickel and Sam Searcy—have led the field in fundraising and media coverage.…

  • Biden nominates five to Article III courts

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    President Joe Biden (D) announced his intent to nominate five individuals to Article III judgeships with lifetime terms on April 13: John Z. Lee, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit Sal Mendoza, Jr., to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Stephen Locher, to the U.S. District Court for…

  • Eight candidates are running in Republican primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District

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    Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary election for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. If no candidate receives more than 30 percent of the vote in the primary election, a runoff between the top two finishers will take place on July 26, 2022. The general election will take place on…

  • Fourteen candidates are running in the Republican primary on May 17 for U.S. Senate in North Carolina

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    Fourteen candidates are running in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022, for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. Incumbent Richard Burr (R) is not running for re-election. The candidates that have performed best in recent polling and have received the most media attention are Ted Budd, Pat McCrory, and Mark Walker. The primary is one…

  • Arkansas has most incumbents in contested U.S. House primaries in at least a decade

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    The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in Arkansas was March 1. This year, 16 candidates are running for Arkansas’ four U.S. House districts, including eight Republicans, four Democrats, three Libertarians, and one independent. That’s an average of 4 candidates per district, more than the 2.3 candidates per district in 2020…