Category: Newsletters

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Texas primary election results Texas voters decided a raft of federal, state, and local Republican and Democratic primaries, and our team worked late into the night to collect those results and monitor the most significant developments. Check out our March 1 election hub to see all the latest results. Read more Inhofe announces retirement from…

  • SCOTUS won't hear two public-sector union cases

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    Supreme Court says it won’t hear two cases related to public-sector union policy The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected petitions in two cases related to public-sector union policy. The last such case the court heard was Janus v. AFSCME in 2018.  Woods v. ASEA On Feb. 22, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal…

  • How school mask requirements have changed over time

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    Welcome to the Friday, March 4, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at school mask requirements since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination brings the total number of upcoming Article III judicial vacancies to 40 #FridayTrivia: How many U.S. Senators…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 12

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    March 3, 2022 In this issue: Texas Democratic primary results roundup, Oregon county parties change rules to endorse challenger in OR-05 Texas results roundup Texas held the nation's first midterm primaries on Tuesday. Races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote are headed to May 24 runoffs. Here's a roundup of results…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12

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    March 3, 2022 In this issue: Texas GOP primary results roundup and a Senate leadership disagreement in N.C. Texas results roundup Texas held the nation's first midterm primaries on Tuesday. Races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote are headed to May 24 runoffs. Here's a roundup of results from marquee Republican…

  • Voters in three states to decide on changes to the ballot initiative process this year

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    Welcome to the Thursday, March 3, Brew.  By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters will decide on legislative proposals adding restrictions to ballot initiative processes in Arizona, Arkansas, and South Dakota in 2022 An update on the Tuesday elections Ohio U.S. House candidate filing deadline passes Voters…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #4

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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.…

  • Ballot Bulletin: Ranked-choice voting barred from state and local elections in Tennessee

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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: Tenn. enacts law barring use of ranked-choice voting in state, local elections Wisc. Supreme Court allows circuit court's ban on ballot drop-boxes to stand for April election Redistricting round-up: Courts in two…

  • Redistricting updates (and, of course, Texas)

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, March 2, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting roundup: The latest news from Louisiana and Ohio Texas primary election results President Joe Biden’s approval at 41%, congressional approval at 20% Redistricting roundup: The latest news from Louisiana and Ohio  We’re back…

  • Economy and Society: ESG goes to war?

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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., and around the world ESG goes to war? The Russian war in…