Category: Newsletters
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #128
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Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over the benefits of private school choice In this section,…
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10 property tax ballot measures in 2024
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Welcome to the Wednesday, September 25, Brew. By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters set to decide on 10 state ballot measures related to property taxes this year In last Wednesday’s Brew, we looked at some of the biggest trends for state ballot measures this year, including…
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House passes two bills opposing ESG
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ESG developments this week Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of ESG stories that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. In Washington, D.C. House passes two bills opposing ESG The House of Representatives passed two bills opposing ESG on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19. HR 5339 would require fiduciaries to make investment…
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Candidates battle it out in third election rematch
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Candidates battle it out in third election rematch With 42 days to go until the Fall election, we’ll be bringing you coverage of the most compelling elections — the battlegrounds we expect to…
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Florida Amendment 3 ranks as the most expensive recreational marijuana legalization measure nationally since 2010
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Welcome to the Monday, September 23, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Florida Amendment 3 ranks as the most expensive recreational marijuana legalization measure nationally since 2010 There is a new record-holder for the most expensive marijuana legalization ballot measure: Florida Amendment 3. Marijuana has been…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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Ballotpedia launches its 2024 Voter Toolkit Since our founding in 2007, Ballotpedia’s election content has helped hundreds of millions of people get informed so they can vote confidently. This week we launched a new resource to make it even easier to get our reliable and unbiased election information. Our 2024 Voter Toolkit pulls the helpful…
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SCOTUS blocks Department of Education rules on Title IX and student loans
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In this edition of Checks and Balances: Federal stories: State stories: Commentary: Regulatory Tally: In Washington SCOTUS blocks Department of Education rules on Title IX and student loans What’s the story? The Supreme Court ruled in August to temporarily block two Department of Education rules: Title IX SCOTUS ruled 5-4 on August 16 to temporarily…
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Looking back on presidential Pivot Counties in 2016/2020
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Welcome to the Thursday, Sept. 19, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Looking back on presidential Pivot Counties in 2016/2020 With an eye on November’s presidential election, we wanted to remind our readers of the extensive data we have on Pivot Counties. A Pivot County is…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #127
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Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over school metal detectors In this section, we curate reporting,…
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Voters this year set to decide the highest number of ballot measures since 2018
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Welcome to the Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024 Brew. By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters set to decide the highest number of ballot measures since 2018 By year’s end, voters may have decided on as many as 160 statewide ballot measures, the most since 2018, when voters…