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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Rhode Island disclosure law
On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not take up Gaspee Project v. Mederos, a lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s campaign finance disclosure regulations. The court’s refusal to hear the appeal means a lower court ruling upholding the state's law will stand. Background Rhode Island law requires organizations that spend more than $1,000…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 180,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 5,000 (2.7%) for the week ending April 23 to a seasonally adjusted 180,000. The previous week's figure was revised up from 184,000 to 185,000. The four-week moving average as of April 23 rose to 179,750 from a revised 177,500 as of the week ending April 16. The…
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Disclosure Digest: Virginia and Kansas enact donor privacy bills
Virginia and Kansas enact donor privacy bills Governors in two states enacted legislation this month to prohibit governments from disclosing nonprofit donors’ information. On April 14, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) signed HB2109, a bill preventing government agencies from requesting or disclosing donor information from individuals or any 501(c) organization. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R)…
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Disclosure Digest: Tennessee General Assembly passes donor disclosure bill
On April 21, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed SB1005, a bill creating additional disclosure requirements for 501(c)(4) organizations and candidate committees. The Tennessee Senate passed the bill on April 14, and the legislation now heads to Gov. Bill Lee (R). What the bill would do Current state law requires all candidate committees to report…
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All four Republican U.S. Representatives from Missouri face primary challengers
U.S. Reps. Ann Wagner (District 2), Blaine Luetkemeyer (District 3), Sam Graves (District 6), and Jason Smith (District 8) face primary challengers this election cycle. In the 2020 election cycle, two incumbents (Wagner and Smith) were unopposed in Republican primaries. Luetkemeyer and Graves face the most primary challengers at four apiece. Wagner faces four challengers,…
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Six party committees surpassed $1 billion in cumulative fundraising for 2022 election cycle in March
Six party committees raised a combined $1 billion in the first fifteen months of the 2022 election cycle. In March, the committees raised $99 million, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission. Here’s a closer look at March’s fundraising numbers: In March, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) reported its highest monthly fundraising…
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All Mississippi's U.S. House incumbents face primaries for the first time since 2012
The filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Mississippi was March 1, 2022. This year, 24 candidates—an average of six for each of the state's four U.S. House districts—filed to run, including 16 Republicans, seven Democrats, and one Libertarian. The six candidates per district average is more than it was…
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Biden has appointed most federal judges through April 1 of a president's second year
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 58 Article III federal judges through April 1 of his second year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since 1981. The Senate had confirmed 29 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at this point…
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School mask requirements since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
Seven states ended their school mask requirements from Feb. 1 through March 1, leaders in seven other states announced these mandates would end between March 2 and March 12. Only one state, Hawaii, has not announced an end to its school mask requirement. Thirty-five states have required masks in schools at some point since the…