Vol. 41 No. 7, July - July 2015
Index
- Coming this fall: professional development for staff.
- Short takes On NCSL News.
- Victory on the Hill.
- Indiana Senator Pat Miller brought some "homework" to an NCSL meeting on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Winnable Battles initiative.
- State Legislatures magazine--don't leave home without it!(YOUR TURN) (Brief article)
- The Honorable Alexandre Postal, president of Brazil's UNALE, thanks NCSL Executive Director Bill Pound for NCSL's help in strengthening the group's organizational structure.
- U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy were among the speakers at a briefing for state legislative leaders at the White House this June.
- Utah Senator and NCSL president-elect Curt Bramble testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee in May.
- The rising cost of raising a child.
- I think that was obviously the common-sense interpretation from what Congress intended, and that to rule otherwise would've simply been an ideological shot at the policy itself versus what was clearly intended.
- It is a sad day for religious freedom, for states' rights and the future of America.
- Joe Strauss.
- Peter Courtney.
- Sharon Weston Broome.
- [Cartoon].
- America has sustained herself as one of the greatest, freest countries on earth.
- Clementa Pinckney.
- Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn in June called for the removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.
- Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies.
- Three incumbents were toppled in June primary contests in Virginia, with voter turnout averaging 7.7 percent.
- With only seven hours left in the session, Missouri Representative Todd Richardson was elected speaker of the House on a voice vote and sworn in by state Supreme Court Justice Patricia Breckenridge.
- Rules for State Legislators: Jerry Kopel's Guide.
- Biologic medicines under the microscope.
- Campus carry--what's in your bookbag?
- The buzz over renewable energy.
- Keeping trolls in their holes.
- Saving money is no gamble.
- 1 Gaming trumps taxes.
- 2 Nevada's got choice.
- 3 Smoke detector.
- 4 Clarifying control.
- 5 Crumbly country roads.
- 10 Putting the 'bar' in barber.
- 6 Eye of the beholder.
- 7 What's the rush?
- 8 No to 'millionaire tax'.
- 9 Cameras don't lie.
- Fractured fiscal tales: although most states have avoided budget shortfalls, others face surprising new spending pressures.
- The glass dome: women lawmakers have struggled to gain more than a quarter of all legislative seats.
- Sentinel landscapes: a new partnership targets the land around military bases.
- This land is whose land? In a renewed effort to control federal lands, an alternative path has emerged.
- Mind full: recent brain research offers intriguing insights into leadership and decision-making.
- From Braille to Yale.
- 140 characters of news: at statehouses, the press corps continues to shrink and change in unexpected ways and with uncertain consequences.
- Ignorance or Overload? Low turnout at the polls has officials asking whether voters have the information they need to cast smart ballots.
- How to avoid a social media SNAFU.
- California Assembly Speaker: Toni G. Atkins.