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  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #282: July 13, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at: Court rulings in Maryland and Indiana requiring those states to resume participating in federal pandemic unemployment programs  In-person education at K-12 schools in Illinois  Vaccine distribution Lawsuits about state actions and policies  State-level mask requirements COVID-19 emergency health orders COVID-19 policy changes from this…

  • 43 state legislative special elections scheduled so far this year

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, July 13, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Special elections update Citizens For A Safer Cleveland submits additional signatures to place police-related initiative on November ballot Washington initiative filing deadline passes with no campaigns submitting signatures Special elections update Today, June 13, five state legislative…

  • Bold Justice: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for July 1

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    Welcome to the July 12 edition of Bold Justice, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. SCOTUS may be in its summer recess but we are gaveling in to bring you all the latest court activity on the docket: the end of SCOTUS’ 2020…

  • The highest and lowest governor’s salaries of 2020

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 12, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: How much did your governor make last year? Tracking August mayoral elections COVID-19 policy changes and events one year ago this week How much did your governor make last year? Eighteen states paid their governor more last…

  • Union Station: District court rulings on mandatory bar membership cases reversed

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    Fifth Circuit reverses district court rulings on two mandatory bar membership cases On July 2, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging mandatory bar membership in Louisiana and Texas, two of 31 states that require lawyers to join the state bar association.  Boudreaux…

  • 3 congressional special elections in 4 weeks

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    Welcome to the Friday, July 9, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters to decide primaries, runoffs in three U.S. House races by Aug. 3 Michigan Supreme Court to decide whether voters can cast ballots on Detroit’s proposed city charter Alaska governor appoints new state supreme court justice Voters…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #281: July 8, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at: Changes in coronavirus restrictions in Hawaii Legislation in Missouri protecting organizations from COVID-19 liability Vaccine distribution School closures and reopenings Travel restrictions State proof-of-vaccination requirements and policies Federal responses COVID-19 policy changes from this time last year  We are committed to keeping you updated…

  • Biden signs three CRA bills repealing Trump-era rules

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    Welcome to the Thursday, July 8, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Biden signs three Congressional Review Act bills repealing Trump-era rules Redistricting review: Virginia House of Delegates candidate sues over 2021 elections using existing maps Lander wins Democratic primary for New York City comptroller Biden signs three Congressional…

  • U.S. Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting policies

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue, we cover the following: U.S. Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting policies Redistricting round-up: Colorado redistricting commissions release preliminary congressional, state legislative maps (and other news) Legislation update Have a question/feedback/or just want…

  • Next steps in California’s gubernatorial recall

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, July 7, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What’s next in the recall election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom Adams leads Garcia in latest release of ranked-choice voting results for New York’s Democratic mayoral primary New Maryland superintendent of schools took office on July 1…