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Welcome to the Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Forty-seven states have enacted deepfake legislation since 2019 As artificial intelligence (AI) has become more advanced, one topic that has become a growing political and social issue is the use of deepfakes. Deepfakes…
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Welcome to the Monday, July 21, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at state laws requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration In March, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) allowed HB 156—a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote—to become law without…
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Welcome to the Friday, July 18, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at the nation’s first federal private school choice program An extended version of the story appeared in Ballotpedia’s Hall Pass newsletter on July 16. Click here to read that version. Earlier…
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Welcome to the Thursday, July 17, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: U.S. Supreme Court grants the Trump administration's 16th emergency order On July 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, et al., Applicants v. New York, et al.,…
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Welcome to the Wednesday, July 16, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at political party ballot access requirements and Elon Musk's America Party On July 5, Tesla and SpaceX CEO and former Trump administration senior advisor Elon Musk announced he would form a…
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Welcome to the Tuesday, July 15, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: States passed 27 bills on environmental, social, and governance investing this year So far this year, 13 states have passed 27 bills supporting or opposing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. States passed 34…
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Welcome to the Monday, July 14, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at SNAP and Medicaid work requirements provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act President Donald Trump (R) signed H.R. 1, a budget reconciliation bill titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill…
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Welcome to the Friday, July 11, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Missouri becomes the ninth state in 2025 to prohibit foreign spending in ballot measure campaigns On July 9, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed SB 152, prohibiting the foreign funding of ballot measure campaigns.…
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Welcome to the Thursday, July 10, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: How and when states count absentee and mail-in ballots Daily Brew readers may recall that back in April, we published a report analyzing why some states seem to count their ballots faster than…
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Welcome to the Wednesday, July 9, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at the Democratic primary for one of this year’s five special elections for the U.S. House Five candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Arizona's 7th Congressional District on July 15.…

