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The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

The retirement of key senators last year is reflected in the state-by-state distribution of earmarked dollars in fiscal 2024 spending bills.

The annual game raised a record amount for a breast cancer charity this year. “That’s why the game must go on,” said announcer Amy Klobuchar.

With the ink barely dry on new budget caps in the debt ceiling law, lawmakers are already tied in knots over an emergency spending package.

In the ACLI Capital Challenge, 507 runners from all branches of the government, as well as the news media, participated.

New Senate Republican earmark requesters are angling to fill the shoes left by the retirements of four longtime senators.

There's bipartisan support for an overhaul of federal permitting , but uncertainly about whether it will be part of a debt ceiling agreement.

There's a new leader at America's National Archives

The forces for and against a permitting overhaul, a version of which is in the GOP debt limit bill, look much as they did in December.

The Biden administration will propose a rule this month to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, a central plank to meet its climate targets.

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress may not like the Biden administration’s recent proposal to squeeze greenhouse gas emissions standards in the name of advancing electric vehicle adoption, but it does provide them with leverage on one of their top priorities: an overhaul of the federal permitting process.