Category: Newsletters

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #50

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over homework Share candidate endorsements with us!   School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications DeSantis releases list of 14 school board seats to…

  • Ballotpedia’s Donor Privacy and Disclosure Digest is back!

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    Welcome back! If you have missed Ballotpedia’s coverage of nonprofit donor privacy and disclosure policy, you will be happy to hear we are debuting our first issue of Ballotpedia’s Donor Privacy and Disclosure Digest. This monthly newsletter provides news and information on key policy changes, a breakdown of state legislation, and an overview of pivotal…

  • Five states have active COVID-19 emergency orders

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, March 1, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: California ends COVID-19 emergency, leaving five states with active orders Governors issued 14 executive orders from Feb. 13-19  Intern with us! California ends COVID-19 emergency, leaving five states with active orders Happy March!  On Feb. 28, California…

  • House to vote this week on Department of Labor’s ERISA/ESG rule

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    ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. House to vote this week on Department of Labor’s ERISA/ESG rule Fox News reported on February 24 that the U.S. House will vote this week on a measure opposing the Labor Department’s rule allowing ESG consideration in ERISA-governed retirement funds: House Republicans will vote on legislation next week…

  • Chicago voters go to the polls

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, February 28 Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Polling suggests runoff likely in today’s Chicago mayoral election Pennsylvania’s primary filing deadline is March 7 Nineteen candidates filed for congressional and state offices last week Polling suggests runoff likely in today’s Chicago mayoral election Today, Feb.…

  • The last state enacts new state legislative boundaries

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    Welcome to the Monday, February 27, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Montana becomes last state to enact state legislative boundaries after the 2020 census Twenty-one candidates running in Denver’s first open mayoral race since 2011  294 election-related bills introduced in state legislatures  Montana becomes last…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    A look at the higher education background of top state executives Of the 192 officeholders currently occupying the top four executive positions in each state—governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state—184 have a bachelor’s degree, 58 have a master’s degree, and 93 have a law degree. Nine such officeholders have a Ph.D., and…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, February 24, 2023

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    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 legislative activity, big-picture trends, and recent news. In today’s issue, you’ll find:  Legislative activity: About the bills acted on this week.  The big picture:  Legislative status: The number of bills…

  • Seattle voters create new Social Housing Developer with initiative’s passage

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    Welcome to the Friday, February 24, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Seattle voters approve Initiative 135, creating the Social Housing Developer State supreme courts issued 233 opinions last week #FridayTrivia: How many of the 192 top state executive officials hold law degrees? Seattle voters approve…

  • A look at Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary results

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    Welcome to the Thursday, February 23, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary results Update on this year’s and next year’s ballot measure certifications Learn everything you need to know about the school board primaries in Oklahoma…