Category: Newsletters

Today’s Brew highlights the status of recalls against Colorado state legislators + an appeals court panel reverses a lower court ruling that blocked three presidential executive orders     Welcome to the Thursday, July 18, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Colorado state Senator becomes eighth legislator targeted for…

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. Each issue includes an in-depth feature—such as an interview or legislative analysis—and discussions of recent events relating to electoral and primary systems, redistricting, and voting provisions. SCOTUS finds partisan gerrymandering claims fall beyond jursidiction of federal…

  July 17, 2019: Kirsten Gillibrand published a Medium post outlining her Social Security and senior policy plan. Cory Booker introduced the Second Look Act on early releases for inmates.         Campaign Finance Spotlight Monday was the deadline for presidential candidates to file second-quarter financial reports with the Federal Election Commission. Here are three highlights…

Today’s Brew compiles all the second-quarter presidential financial reports + highlights our upcoming webinar on SCOTUS’ rulings this term affecting the administrative state     Welcome to the Wednesday, July 17, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: President Trump leads 2020 presidential candidates in second-quarter fundraising One week until…

July 16, 2019: Joe Biden proposed expanding the Affordable Care Act. Cory Booker released his long-term care policy.   Which was the most recent presidential election where both parties renominated their candidates from the last election? A. 1892→ B. 1836→ C. 1956→ D. 1972→ Notable Quote of the Day “Some of these candidates need a miracle.…

Today’s Brew highlights which candidates have qualified for the second Democratic presidential debates + a summary of new state ballot measures from the past month       Welcome to the Tuesday, July 16, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Candidates in second Democratic presidential debates will be announced…

  July 15, 2019: Julián Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, and Elizabeth Warren attended Netroots Nation in Philadelphia. Mike Gravel reached the donor threshold for the second debate. There are 13 new candidates running since last week, including five Democrats, one Republican, and two Libertarians. In total, 779 individuals are currently filed with the FEC to…

Today’s Brew highlights how the federal government will collect information on residents’ citizenship + our Candidate Connection report summarizes last year’s candidate surveys     Welcome to the Monday, July 15, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Trump directs federal agencies to provide citizenship information, ends effort to add…

On July 8, Governor Gina Raimondo (D) signed H5259 and S0712 into law. These companion bills authorize public-sector unions to impose fees on non-members who request union representation in grievance and/or arbitration proceedings. It requires public-sector employers to notify unions within five days of hiring new employees. It also requires employees to file written notice…

  July 12, 2019: Elizabeth Warren released her immigration platform. Kirsten Gillibrand proposed tax penalties against companies that outsource jobs.        Each Friday, we’ll highlight a presidential candidate’s key campaign staffer. Jennifer O’Malley Dillon is a longtime Democratic staffer and specialist in data analysis. Previous campaign work: 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, deputy campaign manager 2008…