Vol. 41 No. 3, March - March 2015
Index
- 10,400+.
- 3,900+.
- Congress hasn't been very productive.
- How do you write a policy that covers every situation?
- Louisiana Representative Julie Stokes catches up with James Cox of the American Institute of CPAs.
- Massachusetts Representative Jay Kaufman (D), popped in to visit his friend, Hawaii Senator Les Ihara, Jr.
- NCSL Staff Vice Chair Karl Aro of Maryland, along with NCSL Executive Director Bill Pound, listen to NCSL Vice President and Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (R) during policy discussions.
- U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D) of New Mexico, celebrates with Senator John Pinto (D) on his 90th birthday during the NCSL Forum in Washington, D.C.
- Voter ID is a perennial question.
- Defending against breaches.
- "It's more important to save a life than to be able to charge someone.".
- Our society has evolved to a point where people aren't looking at gender as much as they used to.
- Rebecca Lockhart, the first female speaker of the Utah House of Representatives, died in January of a rare and fatal neurodegenerative brain disease 12 days after her diagnosis.
- Texas Representative Joe Straus (R) won easy re-election.
- [Cartoon].
- "We don't put donkeys and elephants on our signs anymore.".
- 'We're not talking about the Wild West.'.
- Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R) easily sailed to his third term.
- New York Representative Carl Heastie (D) clinched the votes to become New York's speaker of the Assembly.
- Six years ago, Massachusetts Speaker Robert DeLeo (D) imposed term limits on the office of the speaker.
- Tennessee lawmakers returned their two top leaders to their posts.
- [Cartoon].
- Cheap gas fuels tax talk.
- Gulf War Veterans, workin' it.
- More elderly go hungry.
- NCSL's Hunger partnership.
- Energy financing from the future.
- 1 A federal case for foie.
- 2 Red light for traffic cameras?
- 3 New Minnesota union.
- 4 Don't mess with Texas cupcakes.
- 5 On and off with gun bans.
- 10 Shutter stopped.
- 6 The wealth of a river.
- 7 Salary starters.
- 8 Concern over coyote killings.
- 9 Online sales tax.
- A lack of initiative: fewer citizen initiatives could make life easier at the Capitol, but at what cost?
- The green (and winding) road: it's been a year since Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana, and not all that was predicted has come to pass--with some surprises along the way.
- Room for improvement: how can we expect A+ teachers from C- training programs?
- Sir Ken Robinson, international education leader: "creativity is the great driver of human achievement.".
- Senator Phil Berger: North Carolina Senate President Pro Term.