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On July 3, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) asked the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to issue a rule change that would allow federal employees to resign from their unions and revoke dues payroll deductions at any time after the first year of membership.   What is the current policy? Section 7115(a) of the…

Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention.   Sen. Kamala Harris’ campaign page on Ballotpedia received 3,594 pageviews for the week of July 6-13.   Harris’ pageview figure represents 8.7 percent of the pageviews for all Democratic…

In a July 9, 2019, letter, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold for-cause removal protections, which limit the circumstances in which presidents can remove the heads of agencies. The FHFA told the court that the agency’s new director had reconsidered the constitutionality of the agency’s structure.…

The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity.   During the week of July 8 to July 12, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,436 pages, bringing…

President Donald Trump (R) announced on July 11, 2019, that his administration would cease efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Instead, Trump stated that he would issue an executive order directing federal government agencies to provide citizenship information to the United States Department of Commerce.   “I am hereby ordering every…

The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity.   During the week of July 1 to July 5, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 1,084 pages, bringing…

Nearly half of all state legislative seats up for election in 2019 have only one Democratic or Republican Party candidate.   Overall, 192 (48.7%) of the state legislative elections this year lack either a Democratic or Republican candidate. So far, every state legislative regular election does have at least one major-party candidate on the ballot.…

Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention.   Kamala Harris’ campaign page on Ballotpedia received 4,678 pageviews for the week of June 30 – July 6. Harris’ pageview figure represents 9.1% of the pageviews for all Democratic…

Through July 1, 2019, President Donald Trump (R) made two Supreme Court appointments, 41 appeals court appointments, and 80 district court appointments. His 123 appointments at this point in his presidency is the third-most of the last 20 presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Only Bill Clinton (154) and George W. Bush (132) had appointed…

Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention.   Marianne Williamson’s (D) campaign page on Ballotpedia received 12,172 pageviews during the week of June 23-29. Williamson’s pageviews represented 8.3% of the pageviews for all Democratic presidential campaigns during…