Category: Newsletters

  • Our new tool helps you make sense of redistricting

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, November 24, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Our new map comparison tool for visualizing redistricting  A roundup of the latest redistricting news  Major party campaign committee fundraising See what redistricting looks like in every state Over the last few months, we’ve…

  • Economy and Society: Responses to ESG-disclosure rules

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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. Responses to ESG-disclosure rules  As discussion continues about the Labor Department’s ERISA…

  • SCOTUS releases January argument calendar

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, November 23, Brew.  By: Doug Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: U.S. Supreme Court releases January argument calendar Biden announces two new federal judicial nominees Tax-related ballot measures have been certified for the 2022 ballot in Arizona and Colorado U.S. Supreme Court releases January argument…

  • 1,452 congressional candidates have declared for 2022

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    Welcome to the Monday, November 22, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The race for Congress in 2022 is just getting started—here’s how many candidates have declared so far Virginia becomes the third state with a split legislature Republicans win a mayoral office in South Carolina…

  • The Federal Tap: Biden signs Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act becoming law and a judicial ruling against the American Rescue Plan Act’s tax provision. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. We won’t publish the Tap next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Our next edition will…

  • The State and Local Tap: Louisiana voters approve one constitutional amendment and defeat three

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    Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights Louisiana’s ballot measure results and a Texas state representative’s party switch from Democratic to Republican. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. We won’t publish the Tap next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Our next edition will be…

  • Checks and Balances:

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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 three administrative law cases before the U.S.…

  • Democrats walk out of Pennsylvania House committee hearing on public-sector union laws

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    Note: In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be publishing Union Station on Nov. 26. Our next issue will be released on Dec. 3. Democrats walk out of Pennsylvania House committee hearing on public-sector union laws On Nov. 15, Democratic committee members walked out of a Pennsylvania House of Representatives Labor and Industry…

  • More new maps!

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    Welcome to the Friday, November 19, Brew.  By: Doug Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting updates in Nevada, Utah, and Washington Recall of Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant scheduled for Dec. 7 Texas Rep. Ryan Guillen leaves Democratic Party and announces re-election bid as a Republican Redistricting updates…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #213: November 18, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at booster shots in ten states, changes in coronavirus restrictions in Washington, and other news since Nov. 10. In observance of Thanksgiving, we will not be sending out an edition of this newsletter on Nov. 25. You can expect the next edition of this newsletter…