Category: Newsletters
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Minimum wage increasing in 25 states in 2024
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Welcome to the Tuesday, January 2, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The minimum wage will increase an average of $.86 in 25 states this year Happy New Year! We hope you had a restful holiday season. Let’s dive right in with a look at what…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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Season’s greetings! As we wrap up the 12 Days of Ballotpedia, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your support. Throughout this time, we have shone a light on various facets of Ballotpedia’s mission and work. We aimed to demonstrate how our work impacts our readers, providing them with accurate and trustworthy information about…
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And the winner is…
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Welcome to the Friday, December 22, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: This will be our final Brew of the year. Have a restful holiday, and we’ll see you back here on Jan. 2! Chocolate Chip Cookie wins third nonconsecutive term as Ballotpedia’s Holiday Cookie At…
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SCOTUS hears oral argument in constitutional challenge to SEC enforcement proceedings
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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 oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court…
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Bargaining in Blue: Boston expands educational incentive plan in new police collective bargaining agreement
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Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, provides news and information on police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), including the latest news, policy debates, and insights from Ballotpedia’s analysis of police CBAs in all 50 states and the top 100 cities by population. In this month’s edition of Bargaining in Blue, we examine higher education…
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Highest percentage of officials recalled since 2018
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Welcome to the Thursday, December 21, 2023, Brew. By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Highest percentage of officials removed from office in recall elections since 2018 Back in June, we released our mid-year report looking at recall efforts through June 22. Now that 2023 is…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #90
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Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. A note to readers: It’s the holidays, and so we’ll be off next week to celebrate accordingly. We’ll return to your inbox again on Jan. 3, 2024. Thanks, as always, for reading, and we’ll see…
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Nearly half of seats in Kansas’ school board elections uncontested in 2023
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Welcome to the Wednesday, December 20, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nearly half of seats in Kansas’ school board elections uncontested in 2023 Ballotpedia covered every school board election in seven states on Nov. 7: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington. We’re continuing…
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House committee issues more subpoenas related to ESG practices
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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. House committee issues more subpoenas related to ESG practices The House Judiciary…
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2023 in review: state legislative activity on election administration
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Welcome to the Tuesday, December 19, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A year-end look at the state of election administration legislation In June, we published our report on trends in election administration legislation in the first half of the year, covering bill topics like ranked-choice…