Category: Newsletters

  • Ballotpedia Competitiveness Report: State legislative elections reach decade high

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    Welcome to the Thursday, September 2, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Major party competition in state legislative elections reaches decade high Federal Register nears 50,000 pages Redistricting Roundup: Illinois legislature enacts revised district boundaries, Ohio sets more public hearings Major party competition in state legislative elections reaches decade…

  • U.S. Census Bureau releases block-level population data

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local level. In this month’s issue: Redistricting round-up: U.S. Census Bureau releases block-level population data (and other news) U.S. District Court temporarily suspends Georgia voting law barring photographs of voted ballots Legislation update Have a question/feedback/or just want…

  • North Carolina General Assembly passes bill limiting nonprofit donor disclosure

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    Welcome to the monthly edition of The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for our September issue at the end of next month.  North Carolina General Assembly passes bill limiting nonprofit donor disclosure On August 25, 2021, the North Carolina Senate voted 25-19 to approve S636, a bill that would make donations to nonprofit corporations…

  • 51 years ago today, North Dakota voters approve constitutional convention

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, September 1, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 51 years ago today, North Dakota voters approve constitutional convention Arrivals and departures: A look at recent changes in state legislative membership So far this year, 19 members of Congress have announced their retirement, on par with…

  • Economy and Society: SEC probes Deutsche Bank’s DSW sustainability claims

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    ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. SEC, Justice Department probe Deutsche Bank’s DSW sustainability claims In the August 3, 2021, edition of this newsletter, we noted that Deutsche Bank and its asset management arm, DSW, were the subject of criticism by a former director of sustainability, Desiree Fixler, who had recently left the firm…

  • The final stretch of California’s gubernatorial recall

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, August 31, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The final stretch of California’s gubernatorial recall Checking in on voting bills in Georgia and Texas Property tax rate initiative qualifies for Colorado ballot The final stretch of California’s gubernatorial recall We are two weeks away from…

  • SCOTUS stays busy even when between terms

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    Welcome to the Monday, August 30, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: SCOTUS Roundup: Orders include eviction moratorium, vaccine requirements Introducing the new lieutenant governor of New York WA school board candidate re-enters race after receiving most primary votes SCOTUS Roundup: Orders include eviction moratorium, vaccine requirements While the…

  • U.S. Supreme Court ends federal eviction moratorium

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    Our weekly summary of federal news highlights the U.S. Supreme Court ending the federal eviction moratorium and the DCCC outraising the NRCC for the first time since April. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. Congress is in session The Senate will be out of session next week, and the…

  • New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns, Hochul sworn in as successor

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    Intro: Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and the swearing in of successor Kathy Hochul (D) and new mask requirements in Illinois and Oregon. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap. Ballot Measures Update Thirty-eight statewide…

  • Union Station: Biden appoints 10 members to Federal Service Impasses Panel

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    Biden appoints 10 members to Federal Service Impasses Panel On Aug. 23, President Joe Biden (D) announced the names of 10 individuals he planned to appoint to the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP), which has been vacant since shortly after Biden took office. The FSIP is an entity of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). …