The same nonprofit that distributed nearly $420 million in privately funded pandemic and operations grants to election offices nationwide before the 2020 elections is orchestrating a refashioned program for the 2024 election cycle. The Chicago-based Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) said its U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence will funnel $80 million to local…
‘Zuck Bucks 2.0’ Gears up for 2024
January 27, 2023
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Growing State Freedom Caucus Network Faces Resistance—From GOP ‘Establishment’
January 12, 2023
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The vote went quickly without a hitch and the incumbent was reelected House Speaker amid near-total bipartisan consensus and hand-shake pledges to work together in the legislative session to follow. The 145–3 tally to reinstall Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) to a second term as speaker—the most powerful position in the Texas House—on Jan. 10 was…
States Competing for High-Wage Employers With ‘Workforce Development’ Initiatives
January 4, 2023
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It’s no secret that states compete with each other to attract “family wage” employers that provide health insurance and other benefits, especially in manufacturing and high-tech sectors. The standard competitive toolboxes offered by state legislatures usually include tax credits, assorted regulatory waivers, and a host of other “fine print” incentives to induce corporations and businesses…
States Compete for High-Wage Employers With ‘Workforce Development’ Initiatives
January 4, 2023
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It’s no secret that states compete with each other to attract “family wage” employers that provide health insurance and other benefits, especially in manufacturing and high-tech sectors. The standard competitive toolboxes offered by state legislatures usually include tax credits, assorted regulatory waivers, and a host of other “fine print” incentives to induce corporations and businesses…
Buckle Up: 45 State Legislatures Convene 2023 Sessions by Jan. 18
January 3, 2023
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Forty-five state legislatures will convene 2023 sessions by Jan. 18, with 35 doing so on or before Jan. 11—including 18 this week. By the time deliberations conclude in December, the nation’s 7,383 state lawmakers will introduce on average a collective 110,000 bills—250,000 across two-year biennium sessions—and adopt more than 30,000 new laws and regulations. While…
States Face Pressure to Spend Taxpayer Money on Infrastructure
January 3, 2023
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President Joe Biden will be in Covington, Ky., on Jan. 4 to tout the launch of an Ohio River bridge project that will receive a $1.64 billion federal funding boost from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) adopted by Congress in November 2021. Biden will be joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch…
Millions of Earners, Businesses to See State Tax Cuts Beginning on Jan. 1
With state legislatures entering their third sessions since the 2020 pandemic pumped trillions in federal recovery and stimulus assistance into state and local government coffers, tax reform across a range of levies is among front-burner priorities for lawmakers in 2023. During 2022 sessions, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation reports at least 38 states adopted “noteworthy tax…
GOP-Controlled State Legislatures Weigh ‘Constitutionality’ of Presidential Executive Orders
December 27, 2022
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Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) will enter his third session when the Missouri General Assembly convenes in Springfield on Jan. 4 and, for the third time, he is sponsoring a bill that would require state lawmakers to scrutinize and, potentially disregard, some presidential executive orders. Under his proposed House Bill 174, the Missouri House must review…
State Legislatures Brace for a 2023 Landslide of Post-Roe Abortion Bills
December 19, 2022
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Delegate Marie March (R-Floyd) enters her second session in Virginia’s General Assembly with lessons learned during her freshman year about the futility of half-measures on her mind. That is why she will carry a “personhood” bill when, on Jan. 11, the 100-member Virginia House of Delegates convenes in Richmond, one of 45 state legislatures that…
Ranked-Choice Voting Measures Continue to Gain Traction
November 28, 2022
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Ranked-choice voting (RCV) continues to gain momentum nationwide with voters in several cities approving referendums during the midterm elections to implement the non-partisan multiple-choice ballot system in future elections. In addition to voters in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and Fort Collins, Colorado, endorsing RCV electoral systems, Nevadans also adopted by 52.9-to-47.1 percent margin a proposed Top-Five…
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