Category: Newsletters

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    What’s next for a possible abortion ballot measure in Florida Floridians Protecting Freedom submitted 911,169 valid signatures to place an initiative on the November 2024 ballot that would provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, which is estimated to be around 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect the patient’s health. The amendment…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, January 12, 2024

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends, legislative activity, and updates on notable lawsuits and policy changes. Legislative highlights Highlights: Recent activity and status changes Here is the current status of this year’s election-related bills:…

  • Three days until the Iowa Republican caucuses

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    Welcome to the Friday, January 12, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Iowa to hold first Republican presidential nominating event on Monday On Jan. 15, Iowa Republican voters will decide the country’s first presidential nominating contest of the 2024 cycle. The caucuses are set to begin…

  • San Francisco to vote on minimum police staffing charter amendment on March 5

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    Welcome to the Thursday, January 11, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: San Francisco to vote on minimum police staffing charter amendment on March 5 Voters in San Francisco, California, will decide on a policing-related charter amendment, Proposition B, on March 5, 2024. Proposition…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #92

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    Correction: In a story last week about a recall election against one member of the Plattsmouth Community School District Board of Education, in Nebraska, we wrote that a book review committee “recommended the removal of 51 books from the library.” The committee actually recommended the removal of one of the 52 books up for review.…

  • What’s next for a possible abortion ballot measure in Florida

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, January 10, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What’s next for a possible abortion ballot measure in Florida Floridians Protecting Freedom has submitted 911,169 valid signatures to place an initiative on the November 2024 ballot that would provide a constitutional right to…

  • Year in review 2023, part one

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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. This week and next, Economy & Society will review the most important ESG developments from 2023.  This week’s edition…

  • The U.S. Senate has confirmed 166 of President Biden’s federal judge appointees

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, January 9, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The U.S. Senate has confirmed 166 of President Biden’s federal judge appointees  Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 200 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of Jan. 1,…

  • Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins first week of January 2024 sitting

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    Welcome to the Jan. 8 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Did you miss us, dear readers? We are so happy to be back for the first installment of Robe & Gavel for 2024. SCOTUS has kicked off…

  • What we learned from identifying nearly 10,000 endorsements in local school board elections in 2023

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    Welcome to the Monday, January 8, 2024, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What we learned through our comprehensive school board election coverage in 2023 Last year, Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of school board elections in Colorado, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,…