Category: Newsletters

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 16 (March 31, 2022)

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    Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition In this issue: Former Rep. Dan Lipinski endorses in IL-01 and a look at the Suffolk County, Mass. district attorney primary Jamaal Bowman down to one challenger in NY-16 Michael Gerald and Manuel Casanova withdrew from New York’s 16th Congressional District Democratic primary in recent weeks,…

  • Statewide ballot measure certifications lag behind recent even-numbered years

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    By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Seventy-eight measures have been certified for statewide ballots this year Candidate Connection update: One race reached 100% completion in the past week Patricia Guerrero joins California Supreme Court Statewide ballot measure certifications lag behind recent even-numbered years Seventy-eight statewide measures have…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #6

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    Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s 14,000 school districts.…

  • Redistricting news from Maryland to Wyoming and more

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    By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The latest on redistricting from Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Wyoming  Our partnership with TransparencyUSA makes campaign finance easy to understand and follow A preview of Idaho’s congressional races Redistricting news from Maryland to Wyoming and more  Congressional redistricting has been…

  • Responses to the SEC’s disclosure rule announcement

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    ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. Responses to the SEC’s sustainability disclosure rule announcement In the week since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its plans to require sustainability disclosures from publicly traded companies, the reactions have been both manifold and diverse. Some support the idea, while others don’t. In any case, the…

  • The busiest month for candidate filings ends with S.C. and S.D.

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    By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Candidate filing ends in South Dakota and South Carolina this week Nebraska’s U.S. House elections see most candidates running per district since 2012 Yamhill County, Ore., recall defeated on March 22 The busiest month for candidate filings ends with S.C. and…

  • Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS enters second week of March sitting

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    Welcome to the March 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. It’s planes, trains, and…boats at the Supreme Court this week as Southwest Airlines, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Viking River Cruises are parties in three of the…

  • The country’s last statewide mask mandate has ended

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    By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Final statewide mask requirement ended in Hawaii March 26 Don’t forget to vote in America’s Next Top Pet Tournament! An update on party committee fundraising The country’s last statewide mask mandate has ended On Saturday, March 26, the last statewide mask…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Come volunteer for Ballotpedia On Monday, we announced our Spring 2022 virtual volunteer program! The time you spend with us making information more accessible benefits all voters, and you can feel good knowing that the information voters find on Ballotpedia—the information you helped us provide—is factual and free of bias. Click the link below to…

  • AFT and AAUP meet with Colorado gov. about proposed union bill

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    American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors (AAUP) president Irene Mulvey met with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on March 21 about a proposed bill that would expand public-sector collective bargaining in Colorado.  Background  The bill, which has not been introduced, would expand public-sector collective bargaining in Colorado…