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OIRA reviewed 45 significant rules in January (2024)

The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in January 2024 reviewed 45 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies. OIRA approved three of these rules with no changes and approved the intent of 38 rules while recommending changes to their content.

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South Carolina lawmakers advance unemployment insurance indexing bill

South Carolina lawmakers on January 25, 2024, advanced a bill out of committee proposing to index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. House Bill 4710 would reduce the maximum number of benefit weeks to 12 when the unemployment rate is at or below 5.5%. The…

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State agriculture commissioners join ESG pushback

Agriculture commissioners from 12 states sent a letter on January 29 to the heads of six banks, arguing that ESG efforts to promote net-zero carbon policies would hurt farmers and inflate consumer food prices.

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New RCV bans on the table, but bills supporting ranked-choice outnumber opposition legislation in 2024 sessions

Republican legislators have introduced new ranked-choice voting (RCV) prohibitions in five states so far this year. These efforts come after three states approved Republican-sponsored bans last year.

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75 bills introduced in legislative sessions so far on RCV

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Tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001

There were 59 vacancies in the 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of January 31, 2024. Fifty-eight of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From December 14, 2023, to January 31, 2024:

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Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas ballots have featured political party platform advisory questions in recent years

Ballotpedia has tracked nonbinding political party platform advisory questions in three states—Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. Democratic and Republican parties have placed these questions on statewide ballots to gauge voters’ support for various policy proposals. All three states have open primaries, meaning that voters do not have to formally affiliate…

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #95

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Proposed amendment would return initiative and referendum in Mississippi

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Economy and Society, January 30, 2024: State agriculture commissioners join ESG pushback

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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105 candidates filed for congressional and statewide offices last week

One hundred five people declared candidacies for congressional or statewide offices in the past week, 20 more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline.

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Signatures verified for all six Let’s Go Washington-sponsored ballot initiatives, which could appear on the ballot in Nov.

In Washington, six citizen-initiated ballot measures have been certified to the state Legislature. The ballot initiatives could appear on the ballot on Nov. 5, 2025.

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Five U.S. House seats are open in North Carolina this year—a decade high

This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in North Carolina was Dec. 15, 2023.

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SCOTUS looks at Chevron—but what exactly does that mean?

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A look at Arizona’s 459 ballot measures since statehood

Welcome to the Monday, January 29, 2024, Brew.

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Mississippi House passes constitutional amendment for new state initiative and referendum process that would prohibit initiatives related to abortion

The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a new state initiative and referendum process. On Jan. 24, the constitutional amendment, House Concurrent Resolution 11, was passed 80-39. Among House Republicans, 78 voted ‘Yes’ and one voted ‘No’. Among House Democrats, 38 voted ‘No’ and…

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed.

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, January 26, 2024

Republicans sponsored more than half of the active bills this week.

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Federal Register weekly update: 72 final rules added in fourth week of January (2024)

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, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions.

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State attorneys general continue pushback against federal ESG labor rule

Attorneys general from 26 states are opposing the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule permitting ESG considerations in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-governed pension plans in court. The states filed an appeal late last week seeking to reverse the dismissal of their case.

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55 statewide measures certified for the ballot in 25 states in 2024 (so far!)

Welcome to the Friday, January 26, Brew.

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Bargaining in Blue: Austin Police Department sued over inaction on police oversight and records accessibility ballot measure

Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, provides news and information on police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), including the latest news, policy debates, and insights from Ballotpedia’s analysis of police CBAs in all 50 states and the top 100 cities by population.

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Clayton Harris III and Eileen O’Neill Burke are running in the Democratic primary for Cook County State’s Attorney

Clayton Harris III (D) and Eileen O’Neill Burke (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Cook County State’s Attorney on March 19, 2024.

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Two state legislative districts have changed partisan control following special elections so far this year

Welcome to the Thursday, January 25, 2024, Brew.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #94

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