Weekly Brew: July 30, 2020

A weekly shot of this week's most viewed stories from Ballotpedia's Daily Brew. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of July 27 - July 31.             1. School reopenings in 1918 This week, we covered the historical context of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and the way that schooling was handled at that time. Click here to read an article from 1918 on school reopenings in Alabama, and click the link below to find current school reopening plans for your state. Read more   2. U.S. Senate committee approves REINS Act The REINS Act is a proposal designed to amend the Congressional Review Act (CRA) of 1996. It would broaden the CRA to not only allow Congress to issue resolutions of disapproval, but also to require congressional approval of major agency regulations. Read more   3. Aug. 4 elections preview Tuesday, August 4, will kick off another busy month of primaries. Five states are holding statewide primaries that day: Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington. Among those states, we'll cover 1,530 elections for 842 offices. Read more   4. Missouri voters will decide measure August 4 regarding Medicaid expansion Our team is also covering one statewide ballot measure on Tuesday. Missouri Amendment 2 would expand Medicaid to those with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level under the Affordable Care Act. Read more