Vol. 42 No. 1, January - January 2016
Index
- Message from the executive director.
- A busy, productive fall for legislative staff.
- NCSL expertise.
- Where are the government jobs?
- "Lessons taught today will result in safer campuses and communities tomorrow.".
- As the gavel comes down this month.
- Do we have to restructure?
- The Kansas Health and Human Services Committee.
- Tim Rice, executive director of the Illinois Legislative Information System.
- [Cartoon].
- For years and years and years.
- New Jersey Speaker Vincent Prieto.
- Ohio term limits are ending the Senate careers of the top two leaders.
- President Obama gets it.
- West Virginia's two top leaders were honored.
- Coming to the Supreme Court.
- Credit scores and insurance.
- Yes to ballot selfies.
- Legislatures: start your engines.
- 1 Battling opioids.
- 2 Campaigns cost.
- 3 Part-time affair.
- 4 No classroom coercion.
- 5 It takes a community.
- 10 Private party.
- 6 Affordable cities.
- 7 Back to work.
- 8 Less lethal weapon.
- 9 Cooperating on public lands.
- Setting the scene for 2016: from opioid addiction to fantasy sports, state lawmakers will have plenty on their plates this year - no matter who occupies the White House.
- Christopher Thornberg: "We need to start paying attention to the unfunded stuff and stop worrying about the funded stuff."(On Record) (Interview)
- Accidental librarian: how a quirky former football coach upended the staid world of libraries and changed the role of legislative research forever.
- Experience preferred: legislative experience can be a plus for governors - but it is hardly a guarantee of success.
- Ellen Roberts: Colorado senate president pro tempore.