Tag: Daily Brew

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 17, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Donald Trump wins Iowa Republican caucus You likely already know that Former President Donald Trump won the Iowa Republican caucus with 51% of the vote. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis placed second with 21%, followed…

Welcome to the Tuesday, January 16, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 2023 wrap-up: gubernatorial executive orders and state supreme court opinions  Throughout 2023, we brought you regular updates on two important but often undercovered state government actions—gubernatorial executive orders and state supreme court opinions.  Our…

Welcome to the Friday, January 12, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Iowa to hold first Republican presidential nominating event on Monday On Jan. 15, Iowa Republican voters will decide the country’s first presidential nominating contest of the 2024 cycle. The caucuses are set to begin…

Welcome to the Thursday, January 11, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: San Francisco to vote on minimum police staffing charter amendment on March 5 Voters in San Francisco, California, will decide on a policing-related charter amendment, Proposition B, on March 5, 2024. Proposition…

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 10, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What’s next for a possible abortion ballot measure in Florida Floridians Protecting Freedom has submitted 911,169 valid signatures to place an initiative on the November 2024 ballot that would provide a constitutional right to…

Welcome to the Tuesday, January 9, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The U.S. Senate has confirmed 166 of President Biden’s federal judge appointees  Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 200 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of Jan. 1,…

Welcome to the Monday, January 8, 2024, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What we learned through our comprehensive school board election coverage in 2023 Last year, Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of school board elections in Colorado, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,…

Welcome to the Friday, January 5, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters decided 264 local ballot measures in 29 states in 2023 The start of a new year is a perfect time to take stock of what happened in the previous one. We did just…

Welcome to the Thursday, January 4th, Brew.  By: Joe Greaney Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Texas voter turnout reaches 14% in 2023 – a two-decade high for odd year elections in the state  Turnout at Texas’ Nov. 7 general election was the highest for an odd-year election in almost…

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 3, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Legislatures enacted 45 bills related to direct democracy in 2023 — exceeding the previous 5-year average of 32 State legislatures enacted 45 bills and resolutions on ballot initiatives, referendums, and recalls in 2023. The…