The Ballotpedia News Update, 2017 archive

January

• State Ballot Measure Monthly: January 2017
• Wisconsin school districts: 2016 in review and a 2017 election preview
• The Tap: The SCOTUS Shortlist
• The Federal Vacancy Count 1/25/2017
• The Tap: A New Administration Begins
• Ballotpedia Analysis: President-Elect Trump to Inherit 108 Life-Term Federal Judicial Vacancies
• The Tap: Six Days Until Inauguration
• The Tap: Immigration Policy in the 50 states

February

• The Federal Vacancy Count 3/1/2017
• The Tap: President Trump and the Conservative Political Action Conference
• The Tap: Building The Cabinet
• The Tap: Judge Gorsuch’s Busy Week
• The Tap: U.S. Senators on Neil Gorsuch's Nomination

March

• The Federal Vacancy Count 3/29/2017
• The Tap: Tracking Opposition to the AHCA
• Scott Rasmussen Joins Ballotpedia to Publish Number of the Day
• The Tap: The Women & Trump 150 Index
• The Tap: The American Health Care Act
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: March 2017
• Most incumbents see success in California and Alabama school board races
• The Tap: Federal Judicial Vacancies at 13.1%

April

• The Tap: Congress temporarily avoids a government shutdown; May 5 deadline looming
• Wisconsin school districts: 2017 elections review and district updates
• The Federal Vacancy Count 4/26/2017
• The Tap: The AHCA's New Amendment
• Template:Ga6lawsuit
• The Tap: The most anticipated congressional special election of the season
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: April 2017
• The Tap: The 101st associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Hively v. Ivy Tech
• The Tap: National Republicans split on successor to Tom Price
• Timothy Batten

May

• The Federal Vacancy Count 5/31/2017
• Ballotpedia Celebrates Ten Years Online
• The Tap: Fourth Circuit rules in immigration executive order case
• The Tap: Exploring demographics in Pivot Counties
• The Tap: Comey's firing: How Congress responded
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: May 2017
• The Tap: House takes first step in replacing Obamacare

June

• The Federal Vacancy Count 6/28/2017
• The State and Local Tap: Partisan divide stalls decision on control of New York City schools
• The Federal Tap: Senate releases its version of the American Health Care Act; five GOP senators against
• Ballotpedia's Mid-Year Recall Report (2017)
• The State and Local Tap: Kansas Passes Budget; (Possibly) Concluding One Of The Longest Sessions In State History
• The Federal Tap: The future of the immigration order, the most expensive race in U.S. House history, + 4 more
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: June 2017
• The State and Local Tap: Conflict here, conflict there, state government intrigue everywhere—intra and cross-party battles mark legislatures
• The Federal Tap: House passes financial policy bill; Senate working on its own version
• The Federal Tap: Special elections steal the show
• The State and Local Tap: Checking in with the TX legislature, WI medicaid, and five more must-reads

July

• The Federal Vacancy Count 7/26/2017
• The State and Local Tap: How much is that gallon of milk? Idaho Court upholds gubernatorial veto of grocery tax
• The Federal Tap: Six-month Judicial Checkup—President Trump has submitted nominations to fill more than 20 percent of vacancies
• The State and Local Tap: Battle between Democratic leadership in Rhode Island leaves budget situation in flux
• The Federal Tap: Revised Senate health bill revealed; whip-counting begins for Republicans
• Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: July 2017
• The State and Local Tap: Three states begin and end partial government shutdowns over budget standoffs
• The Federal Tap: BRCA debate set to continue as McConnell tries to secure votes

August

• The Federal Vacancy Count 8/29/2017
• The State and Local Tap: North Carolina legislature prepares to adopt new state legislative district maps
• The Federal Tap: Rebooting the Ninth Circuit
• The State and Local Tap: Mixed reactions from city officials, public on attention to public monuments
• The Federal Tap: Bannon out as White House chief strategist
• Ballotpedia Launches Partnership with IFTTT
• The State and Local Tap: Detroit Mayor Duggan touts Biden endorsement, wins over two-thirds of primary vote
• The Federal Tap: Trump’s endorsement and new polling in Tuesday’s Alabama Senate race
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: August 2017
• Twice as many Republicans term-limited in 2018 state legislative elections
• The Federal Tap: DC Circuit court grants lawsuit by 15 Democratic state AGs
• The State and Local Tap: Flint mayoral recall headed for ballot in November
• Ballotpedia Launches Ballot Bulletin Email Update

September

• The State and Local Tap: Is next Saturday's West Virginia bond measure a tax increase
• The Federal Tap: Welcome back, SCOTUS. 2017-2018 docket commences
• The Federal Vacancy Count 9/27/2017
• The State and Local Tap: Possible 2020 presidential contender issues special election endorsement
• The Federal Tap: 3 days to Alabama runoff; Moore leads in all 6 Sept opinion polls
• The State and Local Tap: Seattle mayor resigns following allegations of past sexual abuse
• The Federal Tap: $8.2 million on the table in Republican primary runoff for Alabama Senate seat
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: September 2017
• The State and Local Tap: Florida cities prepare for powerful Hurricane Irma
• The Federal Tap: Trump administration rescinds DACA; Congress responds
• The State and Local Tap: 2017 will have the fewest ballot measures since 1947
• The Federal Tap: New polls reveal sizable lead in one U.S. Senate race, tightening margins in another

October

• A closer look at the St. Joseph School District property tax levy and district budget
• Ballotpedia's top 10 races, 2017
• The Federal Tap: Pence casts fifth tie-breaking vote in the Senate
• The State and Local Tap: Federal court appoints special master for NC state legislative district maps
• St. Joseph property tax levy on the November ballot in wake of district scandals, deficit spending
• The Federal Vacancy Count 10/25/2017
• Ballot Law Update: Local initiative restriction vetoed in California and signatures submitted for initiative to ban legislative tampering in South Dakota
• The State and Local Tap: Biden endorses Virginia state house candidates in 5 of 13 races to watch
• The Federal Tap: Senate Republicans take next step towards passing GOP tax plan
• The State and Local Tap: 13th veto by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
• The Federal Tap: Rounding up Trump's latest ACA alterations
• Ballotpedia Analysis: Fifteen state legislative chambers may see shifts in party control in 2018
• The State and Local Tap: Two vetoes in North Carolina overridden, one Connecticut override attempt fails
• The Federal Tap: Tax reform, travel bans, contraception and more: a review of a busy week in Washington

November

• The Federal Vacancy Count 11/29/2017
• The State and Local Tap: Every vote counts: close races and coin flips
• The Federal Tap: Jones tied or leading Moore in 3 of 5 polls in wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Moore
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: November 2017
• Competition in school board elections increases 31 percent in three years
• The State and Local Tap: Review Tuesday’s elections in under 10 minutes
• The Federal Tap: Highlights from Trump’s East Asia tour
• More than half of November 2017 local trial court elections won by unopposed candidates
• Incumbents dominate November 2017's city and county races
• More than 12 percentage point spike in contested November school board elections compared to 2016
• Ballotpedia's review of the top 10 races, 2017
• Ballotpedia's review of the results in November 2017's top mayoral races
• Control, funding, and policy at stake: outcomes of November 2017's top school board elections
• St. Joseph community debates school district culture change on eve of Proposition 1 vote
• The Federal Tap: Last stint on the Hill: Another Congressman announces retirement
• The State and Local Tap: Elections we're watching next week (plus, a few extras)
• Ballotpedia Launches Federal Courts Weekly Update
• Major St. Joseph businesses provide support for school tax levy increase, opponents criticize tax abatements
• St. Joseph tax levy opponent files ethics complaint against school district
• Understanding the sides in the St. Joseph schools property tax levy battle

December

• The Federal Vacancy Count 12/28/2017
• The State and Local Tap: Previewing the midterm cycle's legislative special elections
• The Federal Tap: 2018 elections in Texas start to shape up
• Ballotpedia's 2017 Recall Analysis
• The Federal Tap: Trump, RNC back Moore ahead of Tuesday's special election in Alabama
• The State and Local Tap: Runoff heads to recount in race to replace Atlanta Mayor Reed
• Every vote counts: Close ballot measure races in the largest cities
• Every vote counts: Close ballot measure races in California
• The State and Local Tap: Two November 7th races move to a recount
• The Federal Tap: Five minutes to get caught up on the tax bill

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