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  • Louisiana enacts state legislative maps

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, March 16, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Louisiana enacts state legislative map, governor vetoes congressional map Alabama’s Secretary of State Republican primary  Where we’re at with statewide filing deadlines Louisiana enacts state legislative maps We’re back with another redistricting update! Nationwide,…

  • Disclosure Digest: Minnesota disclosure bill clears committee

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    Welcome to The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for new editions published on Tuesdays through June 2022.  Minnesota disclosure bill clears committee A Minnesota House committee advanced a bill on March 8 that would require nonprofits to disclose donor information for certain independent expenditures. Rep. Jamie Long (D)  introduced HF3190 on Feb. 7 with…

  • Economy and Society: The Labor Department 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., and around the world The Labor Department continues to ponder its ESG…

  • Twenty-four of the largest 100 cities are holding mayoral elections this year

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, March 15, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Twenty-four of the largest 100 cities are holding mayoral elections this year Wyoming voters to decide ballot measure raising mandatory judicial retirement age to 75 Voters in Augusta, Maine, will decide a $4.5 million…

  • 13 battleground elections for governor

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    Welcome to the Monday, March 14, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Thirteen gubernatorial battleground elections to take place this year  Indiana’s 9th Congressional District Republican primary Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin in one week Thirteen gubernatorial battleground elections this year Of the…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    COVID-19 emergency orders have expired in 27 states At the start of the pandemic, governors and state agencies in all 50 states issued orders declaring emergencies related to the COVID-19 virus. As of March 4, 23 states are under an active COVID-19 emergency. Emergency orders have expired in 27 states.  Read more Redistricting roundup—North Carolina,…

  • Florida Senate committee declines to take up House-passed public-sector union bill

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    Florida Senate committee declines to take up House-passed public-sector union bill   The Florida House of Representatives passed HB 1197 on March 4. It was referred to the Senate Rules Committee, which did not take the bill up during its last scheduled meeting of the session on March 8.  About the bill Republican Reps. Cord Byrd…

  • 1,839 declared candidates for U.S. Senate and House (so far)

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    Welcome to the Friday, March 11, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Republican candidates for Congress currently outnumber Democrats according to candidate filing information Indiana’s U.S. House elections to feature fewest open districts since 2014 #FridayTrivia: COVID-19 emergency orders have expired in how many states? 1,839…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 13

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    March 10, 2022 In this issue: Working Families Party endorsements in NY congressional races and Israel an early issue in MI-11 NY Working Families Party endorses in NY-11, NY-12 The New York Working Families Party endorsed Brittany Ramos DeBarros in New York’s 11th Congressional District primary and Rana Abdelhamid in the 12th District primary. Spectrum…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 13

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    March 10, 2022 In this issue: Jeanne Ives endorses Darren Bailey for Illinois governor and Ducey not running for Senate in Arizona Jeanne Ives endorses Darren Bailey for Illinois governor Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R) endorsed Darren Bailey in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Politico wrote that Ives’ backing gives Bailey “an edge that could…