Category: Newsletters

  • Three members of the Temecula Valley Unified School District face recall effort after voting to reject social studies curriculum

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    Welcome to the Monday, August 7, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Three members of the Temecula Valley Unified School District face recall effort after voting to reject social studies curriculum Constitutional amendment to provide state right to abortion will be on November 2023 ballot in Ohio Biden issues…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of July 31-August 4. Ballotpedia Report: states are making it harder for campaigns to qualify and pass initiatives and referendums Between 2018 and 2023, state legislators introduced 1,787 pieces of…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, August 4, 2023

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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, updates on notable lawsuits and policy changes. Legislative highlights Highlights: States enacted five bills since our last edition. In the same period in 2022, no bills…

  • The most ballot measures in Maine since 2010

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    Welcome to the Friday, August 4, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Maine voters to decide on eight ballot measures in November—the most since 2010 A roundup of Aug. 1 election results  #FridayTrivia: What percentage of enacted legislation related to the initiative, referendum, and recall processes between 2018 and…

  • Donor Privacy and Disclosure Digest: August 2023

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    Welcome to Ballotpedia’s Donor Privacy and Disclosure Digest! This monthly newsletter provides news and information on key policy changes, a breakdown of state legislation, and an overview of pivotal legal decisions and case developments. In this issue, you’ll find: Missouri enacts bill amending privacy act: Missouri governor signs legislation modifying the state’s Personal Privacy Protection…

  • Ballotpedia Report: states are making it harder for campaigns to qualify and pass initiatives and referendums

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    Welcome to the Thursday, August 3, 2023, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia Report: states are making it harder for campaigns to qualify and pass initiatives and referendums Joe Biden’s approval rating is 42% at end of July OIRA reviewed 55 significant rules in July Ballotpedia Report: states…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #71

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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: On the issues: The debate over Florida’s Black history curriculum standards  School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications Three members of the Temecula Valley Unified School District face…

  • Less than one week until Mississippi’s Aug. 8 primaries

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, August 2, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Mississippi holding statewide primaries on Aug. 8 On this date in 1921: Missouri voters approved Proposition 2, allowing women to hold elected office 120 candidates filed for congressional and statewide offices last week Mississippi holding statewide primaries…

  • House committee advances legislation opposing ESG

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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 advances legislation opposing ESG  The House Financial Services Committee announced…

  • Maine voters to decide measure prohibiting foreign election spending

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, August 1, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Maine voters to decide measure prohibiting foreign election spending  East Lansing, Michigan, voters to decide on three charter amendments in November, including one to move local elections from odd to even-numbered years  Texas becomes the ninth state…