Category: Newsletters

  • A look at SNAP and Medicaid work requirements provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 14, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at SNAP and Medicaid work requirements provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act  President Donald Trump (R) signed H.R. 1, a budget reconciliation bill titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill…

  • Missouri becomes the ninth state in 2025 to prohibit foreign spending in ballot measure campaigns

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    Welcome to the Friday, July 11, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Missouri becomes the ninth state in 2025 to prohibit foreign spending in ballot measure campaigns On July 9, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed SB 152, prohibiting the foreign funding of ballot measure campaigns.…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon enact K-12 cellphone bans Since June 27, Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon have all enacted statewide bans on cellphone use in K-12 schools. Twenty-five states have enacted cellphone bans or limits in K-12 schools, with at least 17 doing so this year. Three states require all school district…

  • How and when states count absentee and mail-in ballots

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    Welcome to the Thursday, July 10, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: How and when states count absentee and mail-in ballots Daily Brew readers may recall that back in April, we published a report analyzing why some states seem to count their ballots faster than…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #164

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving  school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.  In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over Alpha Schools In this section, we curate reporting, analysis,…

  • A look at the Democratic primary for one of this year’s five special elections for the U.S. House

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, July 9, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at the Democratic primary for one of this year’s five special elections for the U.S. House Five candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District on July 15.…

  • Arkansas leads in anti-ESG laws

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    In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: Around the world EU member states ask for cuts to deforestation rules What’s the story? Eighteen of the European Union’s 27 member states sent a letter July 7 asking the EU to scale back its upcoming deforestation rules, set to take effect in December. The countries argued…

  • Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon enact K-12 cellphone bans

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon enact K-12 cellphone bans  As part of our ongoing coverage of education policy, we’ve been following state legislation to ban cellphone use in K-12 schools.  Here’s the…

  • Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for July 2025

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    Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for July 2025 Welcome to the July 7 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. There are days we live as if death were nowhere in the background; from joy to…

  • After 2023 veto, Arizona Legislature sends drug cartel terrorism designation law directly to voters as ballot measure

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 7, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: After 2023 veto, Arizona Legislature sends drug cartel terrorism designation law directly to voters as a ballot measure On Nov. 3, 2026, Arizona voters will decide on a ballot measure that would define drug…