Category: Newsletters
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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President Joe Biden (D) ends 2024 campaign; endorses VP Harris On July 21, President Joe Biden (D) withdrew from the 2024 presidential election. Later that afternoon, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris (D) for the nomination. A few hours later, Harris formally declared her candidacy. You can view Biden’s full statement, along with statements from…
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Bargaining in Blue: Retaliation or officer accountability? Whitehall, Ohio police union and department dispute over officer termination
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Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, analyzes recent police-related news and policy debates through the lens of police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) and police officer bills of rights within state statutes. These form the landscape within which police policy must be understood. We provide in-depth context unavailable anywhere else by leveraging insights from…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, July 26, 2024
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Governors have vetoed 32 bills so far this year, compared to 37 at this point in 2023 and 17 at this point in 2022. Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity. …
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Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools
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Welcome to the Friday, July 26, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools Voters in Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools will see a court-ordered redo election on their ballots on Aug. 27 after the discovery of irregularities in a close…
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Eleven vulnerable trifectas this November
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Welcome to the Thursday, July 25, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Eleven vulnerable trifectas this November Every year, Ballotpedia releases an annual report on trifecta vulnerability. This year’s report found that 11 state government trifectas could break up, and nine new ones could form in…
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Welcome to Hall Pass, the newsletter that keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics 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 school chaplains—part 2 In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the…
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How Alaska’s election rules have affected the contested primaries
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Welcome to the Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Brew. By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A closer look at Alaska’s two contested top-four state legislative primaries in 2024 In last Thursday’s Brew, we looked at how an Idaho ballot initiative that would establish top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting…
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Signatures submitted for measure that would raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage
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Welcome to the Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Signatures submitted for measure that would raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage The campaign Raise The Wage Oklahoma submitted roughly 180,000 signatures on July 15 to the secretary of state for State Question 832. If…
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President Joe Biden (D) ends 2024 campaign; endorses VP Harris
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Welcome to the Monday, July 22, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: President Joe Biden (D) ends 2024 campaign; endorses VP Harris On July 21, President Joe Biden (D) withdrew from the 2024 presidential election. In a statement, he said: “It has been the greatest honor…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, July 19, 2024
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Of the 52 bills acted on this week, 39 were in Massachusetts. Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity. In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover 52 bills state legislatures acted…