Category: Newsletters
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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,…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoes REINS-style bill increasing legislative oversight of agency regulations
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Welcome to the Thursday, July 3, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoes REINS-style bill increasing legislative oversight of agency regulations On June 27, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) vetoed House Bill 402 (HB 402), a REINS-style bill, which would…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #163
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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 partisan school board elections In this section, we curate…
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Maine voters to decide citizen initiatives on voter ID and extreme risk protection orders in November
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Welcome to the Wednesday, July 2, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Maine voters to decide citizen initiatives on voter ID and extreme risk protection orders in November Maine voters will decide on two citizen initiatives this year – one that would require voters to…
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Oregon governor signs ESG investing law
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In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: Around the world EU regulators propose ESG stress test standards What’s the story? Three EU financial regulators—the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and the European Securities and Markets Authority—have proposed new rules requiring national banking and insurance regulators in member states to…