Category: Newsletters

  • Bargaining in Blue: Virginia city considers adopting police collective bargaining ordinance

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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 state and…

  • Six states have eliminated odd-year elections or consolidated election dates since 2022

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    Welcome to the Thursday, November 30, 2023 Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Six states eliminated odd-year elections or consolidated election dates in 2022 and 2023 During the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions, several states changed their election calendars, including six that eliminated odd-year…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #87

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over grade inflation  In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues…

  • Pensioner sues Oklahoma over ESG restrictions

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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 the states Pensioner sues Oklahoma over ESG restrictions Former Oklahoma state employee Don Keenan…

  • Highest number of odd-year constitutional amendments approved since 2003

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, November 28, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters in six states decided 32 constitutional amendments, most in odd-numbered years since 2003 As we move toward the end of 2023, let’s continue our look back at the year’s top political stories. On…

  • Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins first week of December 2023 sitting

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    Welcome to the Nov. 27 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. On behalf of the Robe & Gavel writers, thank you, dear readers, for allowing us to bring you these federal judicial updates. As usual, there is a…

  • 2023 election results analysis – 29 state legislative incumbents (6.5%) lost re-election bids

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    Welcome to the Monday, November 27, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Twenty-nine state legislative incumbents lost re-election in 2023, more than 2021, but less than 2019 Now that the last statewide election of the year (Louisiana) is behind us, it’s time to…

  • New York becomes second state to pass law on readability of ballot measures this year

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, November 22, 2023, Brew.  By: Joe Greaney Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: New York becomes second state to pass law on readability of ballot measures this year Starting in 2024, New York will implement new language requirements for state ballot questions. On Nov. 17, Gov.…

  • Supreme Court takes up cases challenging Chevron

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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., and around the world Supreme Court takes up cases challenging Chevron The…

  • Ballotpedia’s exclusive deep dive into Nov. 2023 school board elections, part two: Virginia

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, November 21, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A majority of school board seats were uncontested in Virginia Ballotpedia covered every school board election in seven states on Nov. 7: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington. Over the next month,…