Tag: State news 2023
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Colorado voters will decide in 2024 on expanding property tax exemption for veterans with disabilities
Colorado voters will decide on a constitutional amendment in 2024 that would expand the homestead property tax exemption for veterans with service-related disabilities. Currently, veterans in Colorado who are rated as 100% permanently disabled qualify for a homestead property tax exemption that exempts 50% of the first $200,000 of a property’s actual value from property…
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Texas State Legislature proposed 295 constitutional amendments in 2023
The Texas State Legislature proposed 295 constitutional amendments during the 2023 legislative session, an increase over previous odd-year regular sessions where legislators proposed 218 amendments in 2021 and 216 amendments in 2019. Texas is one of a handful of states that frequently vote on constitutional amendments in odd-numbered years. Fourteen of the 295 proposed amendments…
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Voters to decide mayoral and city council elections in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana, is holding primary elections on May 2, 2023. Candidates are competing to advance to the general election scheduled for Nov. 7, 2023. The filing deadline to run was on Feb. 3. Candidates filed for city council and mayor. For city council, 21 of 25 incumbents are running for re-election. Incumbent Joe Hogsett, Bob Kern,…
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Nine candidates running in Democratic primary for mayor of Philadelphia
Nine candidates are running in the Democratic primary for mayor of Philadelphia on May 16, 2023. The winner will face David Oh—the only candidate who ran for the Republican nomination—in the general election on Nov. 7. Incumbent Jim Kenney (D), who was first elected mayor in 2015 and re-elected in 2019, is term-limited. Asha Prihar,…
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Governor Tony Evers (D) issues one executive order from April 3-9
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) issued one executive order from April 3-9. As of April 9, Evers has issued nine executive orders in 2023 — one fewer than he did at this point a year ago. The order is: Executive Order #190, where the governor updated the structure of the Telecommunications Relay Service Council. Governors…
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Governor Phil Murphy (D) issues three executive orders from April 3-9
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) issued three executive orders from April 3-9. As of April 9, Murphy has issued 13 executive orders in 2023 — four fewer than he did at this point a year ago. The orders are: Executive Order No. 324, where the governor ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in…
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Governor Eric Holcomb (R) issues one executive order from April 3-9
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) issued one executive order from April 3-9. As of April 9, Holcomb has issued three executive orders in 2023 — eight fewer than he did at this point a year ago. The order is: Executive Order 23-03, where the governor declared a disaster emergency in five counties due to severe…
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Governor Jared Polis (D) issues one executive order from April 3-9
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) issued one executive order from April 3-9. As of April 9, Polis has issued 10 executive orders in 2023 — four fewer than he did at this point a year ago. The order is: D 2023 009, where the governor extended the COVID-19 Disaster Recovery Order. Governors use executive orders…
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Iowa Supreme Court issues five opinions from April 3-9
The Iowa Supreme Court issued five opinions from April 3-9. As of April 9, the court issued 35 opinions in 2023 — three fewer than this point a year ago. Three of five opinions are below: Des Moines Civil & Human Rights Comm’n v. Knueven, where the court “reversed the judgment of the district court…
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New Jersey Supreme Court issues one opinion from April 3-9
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued one opinion from April 3-9. As of April 9, the court issued 17 opinions in 2023 — one fewer than this point a year ago. The opinion is below: In the Matter of the Alleged Failure of Altice USA, Inc., where the court “held that Section 543(a)(1) of the…