Category: Newsletters
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Documenting America’s Path to Recovery: October 15, 2020
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Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery, where we track the status of reopening in all 50 states. Today we look at Hawaii’s new testing program for travelers, changes in county risk designations in North Dakota, a featured lawsuit, and more. Want to know what happened yesterday? Click here. The next 24 hours What is…
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Biden, Trump participate in competing town halls rather than debate
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October 15, 2020: Joe Biden and Donald Trump are participating in competing town halls on Thursday night after the second presidential debate was canceled. The Biden campaign responded to a New York Post story on his alleged involvement in his son’s business dealings in Ukraine. Notable Quote of the Day “In 2016, 94% of all campaigning…
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Documenting America’s Path to Recovery: October 14, 2020
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Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery, where we track the status of reopening in all 50 states. Today we look at upcoming coronavirus restrictions in New Mexico, to-go cocktails in Ohio, a featured story from the 1918 influenza pandemic, and more. Want to know what happened yesterday? Click here. The next 24 hours What…
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Documenting America’s Path to Recovery: October 13, 2020
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Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery, where we track the status of reopening in all 50 states. Today we look at new guidelines for private gatherings in California, the extension of a mask mandate in Colorado, school reopenings, and more. Want to know what happened yesterday? Click here. Since our last edition What is…
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Checks and Balances: October 2020
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The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process and the rule of law. This edition:In this month’s edition of Checks and Balances, we review an order from the Federal Communications Commission that moves the agency…
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Trump tests negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days
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October 13, 2020: Donald Trump’s physician, Sean Conley, said Trump had tested negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days. Joe Biden is campaigning in southeastern Florida. Notable Quote of the Day The fact that both candidates are grasping at Dr. Fauci is revealing. It sort of serves as a microcosm of where we’re at in American politics:…
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Documenting America’s Path to Recovery: October 12, 2020
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Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery, where we track the status of reopening in all 50 states. Today we look at a mask mandate in Wisconsin, plus similar mandates in other states, Maine’s next phase of reopening, and more. Want to know what happened Friday? Click here. The next 24 hours What is changing…
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Bold Justice: U.S. Supreme Court to hear four hours of oral argument
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Welcome to the October 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 began its new term last week. Keep up with the latest court news by following us on Twitter or subscribing to the Daily Brew. Arguments The Supreme…
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Second presidential debate canceled as campaigns dispute timeline, format
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October 12, 2020: The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced on Friday that the second presidential debate would not take place. Donald Trump is scheduled to hold his first rally since his COVID-19 diagnosis in Florida on Monday. Sabato’s Crystal Ball updated its race ratings on October 8, 2020: Arizona moved from Toss Up to Leans Democratic. Georgia…
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Federal court rules public-sector worker not entitled to refund for previously paid dues
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Third Circuit: Penn. public-sector worker not entitled to refund for previously paid dues On Oct. 7, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that a former public-sector union member in Pennsylvania is not entitled to a refund for dues she paid before withdrawing from…